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

That startup—Advanced Machine Intelligence, or AMI Labs—now operates out of headquarters in Paris and offices in New York, Montreal and Singapore.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Liberal Party has already begun its ground campaign in the Montreal suburb, organising calls and knocking on doors in an effort to win over voters.

From BBC

The Montreal Canadiens score twice late in the third period of a 4-3 comeback win against a Kings team that has lost seven of its last nine games.

From Los Angeles Times

They face the Montreal Canadiens on Friday and the St. Louis Blues on Sunday before embarking on a four-game Canadian road trip.

From Los Angeles Times

The Montreal resident uses an app called Nuj that has him scan the bar code on a shampoo bottle in his bathroom.

From The Wall Street Journal