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

For two weeks since we had left port near Montreal, we hadn’t seen another ship.

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Cayer began coaching in Montreal parks before rising to become Canada's Davis Cup captain.

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Following Thierry Henry's resignation as head coach in 2021, Nancy took over at CF Montreal and led them to the Canadian Championship later that year.

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After the war, he took the spoon with him when he moved to Canada, where he donated it to the Montreal Holocaust Museum.

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“Canadian retail sales continue a holding pattern as support from lower interest rates faces headwinds from trade uncertainty,” said Shelly Kaushik, senior economist at Bank of Montreal Capital Markets.

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