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

• Montrealer noun

Example Sentences

"How can you live in Montreal without speaking French? Is it easy?" the reporter had asked, first in French and then in English.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Air Canada is the country's largest airline and is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec -- Canada's traditionally French-speaking region.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

I even met my wife there who was visiting from Montreal.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Bank of Montreal said it will be the first bank to offer CME’s tokenized cash solution on Google Cloud Universal Ledger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Waves, colored zigzags, a garble of sound: it’s the Montreal satellite station, being blocked.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood