Toronto

[tuh-ron-toh]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Ontario, in SE Canada, on Lake Ontario.

Toronto

/ təˈrɒntəʊ /

noun

1. a city in S central Canada, capital of Ontario, on Lake Ontario: the major industrial centre of Canada; two universities. Pop: 2 481 494 (2001)

Toronto

1. Capital of Ontario, Canada, and the largest city in the province, in southern Ontario on Lake Ontario; the largest city in Canada; a commercial, financial, industrial, and cultural center of Canada.

Other Word Forms

• Torontonian adjective

Example Sentences

Candy also became a co-owner and one-man pep squad for the Toronto Argonauts, the Canadian Football League team.

From Los Angeles Times

Rachel Dodds, a professor of tourism at Canada's Toronto Metropolitan University, points out a few comparable cases.

From BBC

Rat numbers are reported to have spiked in several US cities too, including Washington DC, San Francisco and New York City, as well as in Amsterdam and Toronto.

From BBC

Earlier this year, Martin, who is from Toronto, spent a dozen years in London before moving to L.A., pulled another hyphenate out of their hat by releasing an indie rock album.

From Los Angeles Times

A huge number of Oscar-tipped movies launched at the recent Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals, joining others that had already generated buzz at Sundance and Cannes earlier in the year.

From BBC