Oshawa

American  

[osh-uh-wuh] / ˈɒʃ ə wə /

noun

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

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Oshawa British  

/ ˈɒʃəwə /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

Broadbent represented his blue-collar hometown of Oshawa, Ontario, in the House of Commons for 21 years, including 14 as national leader of the New Democratic Party, from 1975 to 1989.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2024

Speaking to party faithful in Oshawa, Ontario, a defiant Mr O'Toole pitched his vision for a bigger Conservative tent, saying: "Our party needed the courage to change because Canada has changed."

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2021

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