Sarnia

[ sahr-nee-uh ]

/ ˈsɑr ni ə /

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noun

a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.

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Words nearby Sarnia

sarmentum, sarmie, Sarmiento, Sarnath, Sarnen, Sarnia, sarnie, Sarnoff, sarod, sarong, Saronic Gulf

How to use Sarnia in a sentence

Instead, Ontario would build Highway 402 right to the State-owned bridge in Sarnia-Port Huron.
In Defense of Private Bridges|Noah Kristula-Green|June 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
After a time the reporter at Sarnia caught the idea, and messages were exchanged by the new system.
Heroes of the Telegraph|J. Munro
He took a handsome house, set up a carriage and pair, and made love to the prettiest and sweetest girl in all Sarnia.
Strange Stories|Grant Allen
The black walnut grew, originally, south of a line from Toronto to Sarnia.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting|Northern Nut Growers Association

Sarnia stands on a narrow strait, and just opposite is part of the territory of the United States of America.
Round the Wonderful World|G. E. Mitton
The "Sarnia" stopped her engines when about a mile from the shore.
The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I|Herbert Brayley Collett

British Dictionary definitions for Sarnia

Sarnia

/ (ˈsɑːnɪə) /

noun

an inland port in S central Canada, in SW Ontario at the S end of Lake Huron: oil refineries. Pop: 78 577 (2001)

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