ontario

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ɒnˈtɛə.ɹi.əʊ/
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/ɒnˈtɛə.ɹi.əʊ/ · /ɑnˈtɛəɹ.i.oʊ/ · /ɒnˈtɛə.ɹi.o/ · /ɒnˈtæɹ.i.o/

Definition of ontario

14 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  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.”
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name

  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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  9. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)A number of places in the United States:
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Etymology

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

Anagrams of ontario

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