Montreal

See also: Montréal

English
A panorama of Montreal.

Etymology

French From Montréal; From Mont Royal (“Mount Royal”), after the nearby mountain by Jacques Cartier. It is uncertain how Royal became -real. A common explanation is that real is the Middle French form of Royal, but Cartier himself recorded le mont Royal when he named it. It may have perhaps been from the Italian G.B. Rasmusio's 1556 map translating the name to Italian as Monte Real.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmɒn.tɹiˈɔːl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌmɑn.tɹiˈɔl/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˌmʌn.tɹiːˈɒl/
  • Audio (Canada)(file)

Proper noun

Montreal

  1. A river port and the largest city in Quebec, Canada
  2. An island on which the city in Quebec is situated.

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • Montrealer
  • Montreal-style
  • Montreal bagel
  • Montreal smoked meat
  • Montreal staircase
  • Montreal North
  • Montreal South
  • Montreal East
  • Montreal West
  • Old Montreal

Translations

References
  1. “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 15 August 2015, archived from the original on 3 August 2016

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation
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Proper noun

Montreal n (genitive Montreals)

  1. Montreal (city in Canada)

Middle French

Etymology

mont +‎ real; The island was named after the mountain located on it, mont Royal, which was named by Jacques Cartier.

Proper noun

Montreal

  1. Montreal, an island on the Saint Lawrence River (Fleuve Saint Laurent) at its confluence with the Ottawa River.

Descendants

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔnˈtrɛ.al/
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Proper noun

Montreal m

  1. Montreal (city in Canada)

Declension
declension of Montreal
singular
nominative Montreal
genitive Montrealu
dative Montrealowi
accusative Montreal
instrumental Montrealem
locative Montrealu
vocative Montrealu

Derived terms
  • (adjective) montrealski

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French Montréal.

Proper noun

Montreal f

  1. Montreal (a city in Quebec, Canada)

Spanish

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Montreal f

  1. Montreal (a city in Quebec)
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