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Oshawa

American  
[osh-uh-wuh] / ˈɒʃ ə wə /

noun

  1. a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NE of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.


Oshawa British  
/ ˈɒʃəwə /

noun

  1. a city in central Canada, in SE Ontario on Lake Ontario: motor-vehicle industry. Pop: 139 051 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The American Axle plant also supplies GM’s Oshawa, Ontario, truck plant, which assembles heavy-duty Silverados in addition to those made in Flint.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

They both grew up in Canada: Park in Lindsay, Ontario, and Stella, an hour’s drive away in Oshawa.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024

At the Leon’s Centre on Friday about 3,600 people had gathered to see the home team, the Kingston Frontenacs, take on the Oshawa Generals.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024

Officers from the Durham Regional Police spotted the runaway animal on a property near Oshawa in Canada.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2023

The village of Oshawa, in this township, now contains upwards of one thousand inhabitants, more than double the number the whole township could boast of when I first set foot on its soil.

From Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I) by Strickland, Samuel

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