Toronto
Syllables: To·ron·toUK/təˈɹɒ.nəʊ//təˈɹɑ.noʊ/
Toronto proper noun: the capital city of Ontario, Canada and the largest city in Canada.
Proper noun
Toronto
- The capital city of Ontario, Canada and the largest city in Canada.
- As Toronto slowly comes back to life after two years of repeated lockdowns and closures, the wreckage of the pandemic is surfacing like cigarette butts in melted snow drifts.2022 April 18, Catherine Porter, “A ‘Wild West’ of Marijuana Shops Grows in Toronto”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2022
- A year earlier, the Canadian leader was seen at a Sikh event in Toronto where separatist flags and posters depicting an extremist Sikh leader killed in a 1984 Indian Army operation were displayed.2024 November 29, Lex Harvey, “Clashes erupted outside a Hindu temple near Toronto. They’re the latest sign of Canada and India’s spiraling relations”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Jul...
- Synonyms:
- Big Smoke, Hogtown, Hollywood North, Muddy York, The 6, The North, Queen City, T.O., York
- A lakeside suburb of Greater Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, in the local government area of the City of Lake Macquarie.
- An unincorporated community in the township of Lot 23, Grenville Parish, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- A village in County Durham, England.
- A former unincorporated community in Woodside Township, now a suburb of Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.
- A ghost town in Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
- A small town in Clinton County, Iowa.
- A tiny city in Woodson County, Kansas, named after Toronto, Ontario.
- An unincorporated community in Camden County, Missouri, named after Toronto, Ontario.
- A city in Jefferson County, Ohio, named after Toronto, Ontario.
- A small town in Deuel County, South Dakota, named after Toronto, Ontario.
Toronto meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Punjabi
Toronto in Hindi
- city in Canada
- टोरंटो ṭoraṇṭo
Toronto in Marathi
- city in Canada
- टॉरोंटो ṭŏroṇṭo
Toronto in Bengali
- city in Canada
- টরন্টো ṭoronṭō
Toronto in Punjabi
- city in Canada
- ਟੋਰਾਂਟੋ ṭorāṇṭo
More languagesFewer languages
- Toronto in Arabic
- تُورُونْتُو tūrūntū
- Toronto in Indonesian
- Toronto
- Toronto in Persian
- تورنتو
- Toronto in Thai
- โทรอนโต too-rɔn-dtôo
Synonyms of Toronto
- Big Smoke
- Hogtown
- Hollywood North
- Muddy York
- The 6
- The North
- Queen City
- T.O.
- York
Origin of Toronto
From Mohawk tkaronto (“where trees stand in water”), originally referring to the strait between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching. Compare karón꞉ta (“tree”) from Proto-North Iroquoian *-ɹõt-.
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Questions about Toronto
- What does Toronto mean?
- Toronto means the capital city of Ontario, Canada and the largest city in Canada.
- What is Toronto in Hindi?
- Toronto in Hindi is टोरंटो (ṭoraṇṭo). See Toronto meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Toronto?
- Toronto is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Toronto?
- Toronto is pronounced /təˈɹɒ.nəʊ/ (UK).
Words near Toronto in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Toronto (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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