Montreal

[ mon-tree-awl, muhn- ]

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noun

a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island Montreal Island in the St. Lawrence.

Montreal

/ ˌmɒntrɪˈɔːl /

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) French nameMontréalmɔ̃real

Montreal

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

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.

Castro actually flew up to Montreal to be a pallbearer at the 2000 funeral of a beloved Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau.

A longtime Zionist, Kawalek grew up in Montreal in a semi-religious household.

Johnny Depp has a pretty sizeable role in Tusk as the Montreal private eye Guy LaPointe.

They are so popular that Black Seed Bagels has now opened in New York selling Montreal-style bagels, and the lines are long.

Travelers to Montreal all have their favorite spots and memories, of course.

The parliament house and library of the British provinces, at Montreal, burned by a mob.

Father Gavazzi, an emissary of the pope to America, caused a riot by his preaching at Montreal.

A destructive fire at Montreal laid waste a considerable portion of the city.

I had then telegraphed to a lawyer I knew in Montreal, and he had replied that he was on the track of the wanderer.

Clifton Holt went with them to the city of Montreal, where they stayed a few days, as all American tourists do.

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