Montreal

American  

[mon-tree-awl, muhn-] / ˌmɒn triˈɔl, ˌmʌn- /

noun

1. a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island Montreal Island in the St. Lawrence.

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Montreal British  

/ ˌmɒntrɪˈɔːl /

noun

1. French name: Montréal.  a city and major port in central Canada, in S Quebec on Montreal Island at the junction of the Ottawa and St Lawrence Rivers. Pop: 1 039 534 (2001)

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Montreal Cultural  

1. City in southern Quebec province, Canada, on Montreal Island in the St. Lawrence River; a cultural, commercial, financial, and industrial center.

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Montreal is the second-largest French-speaking city in the world, after Paris, and the second-largest city in Canada, after Toronto.

It lies at the foot of Mount Royal, for which it is named.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Montrealer
  noun

Example Sentences

Yet even Amik needed 30 years to chew his way out of the billion dollars in red ink that the Montreal Olympics cost.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Russell heads into this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix with a 43-point deficit to his Mercedes team-mate after the Briton's engine failed while leading in Montreal.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

It was far from a foregone conclusion that Russell would have converted his lead into a win in Montreal.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Four years later, St. Louis has revitalized the downtrodden Canadiens and has Montreal dreaming of ending Canada’s 33-year Stanley Cup drought.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

George’s ancestors had lived in this part of the world for millennia and had been the ones to greet the first French trappers who ventured north from Montreal in the 1600s.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz