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Ontario

proper noun

  1. Canadian province
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɒnˈtɛə.ɹi.əʊ/ / /ɑnˈtɛəɹ.i.oʊ/ / /ɒnˈtɛə.ɹi.o/

name

Etymology: Probably from Wyandot ontari꞉io (literally “great lake”). If so, ultimately from Proto-North Iroquoian *-õtaɹeʔ and Proto-Iroquoian * -õːtaɹiʔ.

  1. A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Toronto.

    In some Canadian provinces - namely Ontario, the largest by population - American booze will be pulled off the shelves indefinitely starting on Tuesday.

  2. A large lake in North America, between the Canadian province of Ontario and the American state of New York; one of the Great Lakes; Lake Ontario.
  3. A village in the Cayo District, Belize.
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    Dan Cummings, the community development director in Ontario, Ore., a city of roughly 11,000 people in the eastern part of the state, had spent some early mornings at his office in the days leading up to that clatter. […] Four years earlier, when Oregonians approved Measure 91 to legalize cannabis cultivation and adult-use statewide during the 2014 general election, residents in Malheur County, where Ontario is located, were on the other side, voting 68.3% against that measure.

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