Montreal

[mon-tree-awl, muhn-]

noun

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

Montreal

/ 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)

Montreal

1. 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.

Other Word Forms

• Montrealer noun

Example Sentences

Ericsson employs around 3,100 people across Canada, and has R&D centers in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto.

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Team USA assembled in Montreal over the weekend and had three days of practices before Thursday’s game against Finland.

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The Montreal native is the one who stayed—the one who staked his legacy to a country of 40 million people that usually prefers their sports played on ice.

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Bank of Montreal BMO 0.14%increase; green up pointing triangle has recently explored a sale of some of its U.S. branches with roughly $6 billion in deposits, according to people familiar with the matter.

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It also recently signed deals to upgrade Syria’s Port of Tartus, to expand the Dominican Republic’s port and free trade zone at Caucedo, and to expand Canada’s Port of Montreal.

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