Toronto

See also: Torontó

English

Etymology

From Mohawk tkaronto (“where trees stand in water”), originally referring to the strait between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /təˈɹɒn(t)oʊ/, [tʰəˈɹɒntʰo(ʊ)], [tʰəˈɹɒɾ̃o(ʊ)], [tʰəˈɹɒɾ̃ə]
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Proper noun

Toronto

Toronto, Ontario: the provincial capital of Ontario, Canada.
Toronto, Indiana: a ghost town in Indiana.
Toronto, Iowa: a city in Iowa.
Toronto, Kansas: a city in Kansas.
Toronto, Ohio: a city in Ohio.
Toronto, South Dakota: a town in South Dakota.

Synonyms

(city): The Big Smoke, Hogtown, Hollywood North, Muddy York (historical nickname), Queen City, T.O., York (former name)

Related terms

Torontonian

Translations

provincial capital on Ontario, Canada

Albanian: Toronto
Arabic: تُورُونْتُو‎ m (turūntū), تُورُونْتُو‎ m (torontū)
Armenian: Տորոնտո (Toronto)
Basque: Toronto
Belarusian: Таронта m (Tarónta)
Bulgarian: Торонто (Torónto)
Catalan: Toronto m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 多倫多, 多伦多 (do¹ leon⁴ do¹), 多市 (do¹ si⁵) (short form)

Mandarin: 多倫多 (zh), 多伦多 (zh) (Duōlúnduō), 多市 (Duō Shì) (short form)

Min Nan: 多倫多, 多伦多 (To-lûn-to)
Czech: Toronto (cs) m
Danish: Toronto
Dutch: Toronto n
Esperanto: Toronto
Estonian: Toronto (et)
Finnish: Toronto (fi)
French: Toronto (fr) m
Georgian: ტორონტო (ṭoronṭo)
German: Toronto (de) n
Greek: Τορόντο (el) n (Torónto)
Hebrew: טוֹרוֹנְטוֹ‎ f (torónto)
Hindi: टोरंटो (ṭōraṇṭō)
Hungarian: Toronto (hu)
Icelandic: Torontó
Ido: Toronto
Indonesian: Toronto
Irish: Torontó m

Italian: Toronto (it) m
Japanese: トロント (Toronto)
Korean: 토론토 (Toronto)
Latvian: Toronto f
Lithuanian: Torontas m
Macedonian: Торонто (Torónto)
Marathi: टॉरोंटो (ṭǒroṃṭo)
Mongolian: Торонто (Toronto)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Toronto m

Nynorsk: Toronto m
Persian: تورنتو‎
Polish: Toronto (pl) m
Portuguese: Toronto f
Romanian: Toronto m
Russian: Торо́нто (ru) m (Torónto)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Торонто

Roman: Toronto
Slovak: Toronto m
Slovene: Toronto m
Spanish: Toronto (es) m
Swedish: Toronto
Thai: โทรอนโต
Turkish: Toronto
Ukrainian: Торонто m (Torónto)
Yiddish: טאָראָנטאָ‎ (toronto)

Esperanto

Proper noun

Toronto (accusative Toronto)

Toronto

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtoronto/, [ˈt̪o̞ro̞nt̪o̞]

Proper noun

Toronto

Toronto (Canadian city)

Declension

Inflection of Toronto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		Toronto	—
genitive		Toronton	—
partitive		Torontoa	—
illative		Torontoon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Toronto	—
accusative	nom.	Toronto	—
accusative	gen.	Toronton	—
genitive		Toronton	—
partitive		Torontoa	—
inessive		Torontossa	—
elative		Torontosta	—
illative		Torontoon	—
adessive		Torontolla	—
ablative		Torontolta	—
allative		Torontolle	—
essive		Torontona	—
translative		Torontoksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Torontotta	—
comitative		—	—

Japanese

Romanization

Toronto

Rōmaji transcription of トロント

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Toronto, from Mohawk tkaronto.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /to.ˈɾõ.tu/

Proper noun

Toronto f

Toronto (a city, the provincial capital of Ontario, Canada)

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