Ontario

See also: Ontário

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Ontario

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒnˈtɛə.ɹi.əʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑnˈtɛəɹ.i.oʊ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ɒnˈtɛə.ɹi.o/, /ɒnˈtæɹ.i.o/

• Audio (Canada):

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• Hyphenation: On‧tar‧io

Proper noun

Ontario

2. A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Toronto.
4. 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.
5. A village in the Cayo District, Belize.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   2. A city in San Bernardino County, California.
   3. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Knox County, Illinois.
   4. An unincorporated community in Lima Township, LaGrange County, Indiana.
   5. A community in Ames, Story County, Iowa.
   6. A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Wayne County, New York.
   7. Short for Ontario County, New York.
   9. A city in Richland County, Ohio.
   11. A city in Malheur County, Oregon.
   12. A populated place in North Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
   13. A populated place in Charlotte County, Virginia.
   14. A village in Vernon County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• Ontario County
• Ontario violet
• Ontarian
• (province): ON, Ont., Ont

Translations

lake between Ontario province and New York State — see also Lake Ontario

Armenian: Օնտարիո (Ōntario) Bulgarian: Онта́рио n (Ontário) Chinese: Cantonese: 安大略 (on1 daai6 loek6), 安大略湖 (on1 daai6 loek6 wu4) Mandarin: 安大略 (Āndàlüè), 安大略湖 (zh) (Āndàlüè Hú) Dutch: Ontariomeer Finnish: Ontariojärvi French: Ontario (fr) m Georgian: ონტარიო (onṭario) Greek: Οντάριο n (Ontário) Inuktitut: ᐋᓐᑎᐅᕆᐅ (aantiorio), ᐋᓐᑎᐅᕆᔪ (aantioriyo) Japanese: オンタリオ湖 (Ontario-ko) Lao: ທະເລສາບອອນແທ​ຣິໂອ (tha lē sāp ʼǭn thǣ ri ʼō) Macedonian: Онта́рио n (Ontário) Marathi: ऑन्टारियो (ŏnṭāriyo) Ojibwe: Onderi'oo Portuguese: Ontário (pt) m Russian: Онта́рио (ru) n (Ontário) Spanish: Ontario (es) m Swedish: Ontariosjön c Thai: ทะเลสาบออนแทรีโอ (tá-lee-sàap ontaereeoh)

province in eastern Canada

Amharic: ኦንቴሪዮ (ʾonteriyo) Arabic: أُونْتَارْيُو m (ʔuntāryū) Armenian: Օնտարիո (Ōntario) Azerbaijani: Ontario Belarusian: Анта́рыё m or f (Antáryjo) Bengali: অন্টারিও (bn) (onṭariō) Bulgarian: Онта́рио n (Ontário) Burmese: အွန်တေးရီးယိုး (wante:ri:yui:) Catalan: Ontàrio m Chinese: Cantonese: 安大略 (on1 daai6 loek6), 安大略省 (on1 daai6 loek6 saang2), 安省 (on1 saang2) (short form) Mandarin: 安大略 (Āndàlüè), 安大略省 (zh) (Āndàlüè Shěng), 安省 (zh) (Ān Shěng) (short form) Czech: Ontario (cs) Dutch: Ontario n Estonian: Ontario (et) Finnish: Ontario (fi) French: Ontario (fr) m Georgian: ონტარიო (onṭario) German: Ontario (de) n Greek: Οντάριο n (Ontário) Hebrew: אוֹנְטַרִיוֹ (ontario) Hindi: ओन्टारियो (onṭāriyo) Hungarian: Ontario (hu) Icelandic: Ontario, Ontaríó Inuktitut: ᐋᓐᑎᐅᕆᐅ (aantiorio), ᐋᓐᑎᐅᕆᔪ (aantioriyo) Irish: Ontáirio m Italian: Ontario (it) m Jamaican Creole: Antierio Japanese: オンタリオ (Ontario) Kannada: ಒಂಟಾರಿಯೊ (oṇṭāriyo) Kazakh: Онтарио (Ontario) Khmer: អនតារីយ៉ូ (ʼɑɑntaariiyou) Korean: 온타리오 (Ontario) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ئانتاریۆ (antaryo) Lao: ອອນແທ​ຣິໂອ (ʼǭn thǣ ri ʼō) Latvian: Ontārio Lithuanian: Ontarijas Macedonian: Онта́рио n (Ontário) Malayalam: ഒണ്ടാറിയോ (oṇṭāṟiyō) Marathi: ऑन्टारियो (ŏnṭāriyo) Mongolian: Онта́рио (Ontário) Norwegian: Bokmål: Ontario Nynorsk: Ontario Occitan: Ontàrio m Ojibwe: Onderi'oo Persian: انتاریو (oṇṭâreyo) Polish: Ontario (pl) n Portuguese: Ontário (pt) Romanian: Ontario Russian: Онта́рио (ru) m or f (Ontário) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Онта̑рио m Roman: Ontȃrio (sh) m Slovak: Ontario Spanish: Ontario (es) m Swedish: Ontario (sv) n Tamil: ஒன்றாரியோ (oṉṟāriyō) Telugu: అంటారియో (aṇṭāriyō) Thai: รัฐออนแทรีโอ (rát ɔɔn-tɛɛ-rii-oo), ออนแทรีโอ (ɔɔn-tɛɛ-rii-oo) Turkish: Ontario Ukrainian: Онта́ріо m or f (Ontário) Urdu: انٹاریو (oṇṭāriyo) Uzbek: Ontario Vietnamese: Ôn-ta-ri-ô West Frisian: Ontario n Yiddish: אָנטעריאָ (onteryo)

Anagrams

• Troiano, oration

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Ontario

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ontario, probably from Wyandot ontari꞉io.

Proper noun

Ontario n (relational adjective ontarijský)

1. Ontario (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Ontario, Lake Ontario (a large lake in North America, one of the Great Lakes)

Declension

	singular
nominative	Ontario
genitive	Ontaria
dative	Ontariu
accusative	Ontario
vocative	Ontario
locative	Ontariu
instrumental	Ontariem

Declension of Ontario (sg-only semisoft neuter)

Further reading

• “Ontario”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:

Ontario

Wikipedia ^eo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ontaˈrio/
• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: On‧ta‧ri‧o

Proper noun

Ontario (accusative Ontarion)

1. Ontario (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Ontario, Lake Ontario (a large lake in North America, one of the Great Lakes)

   Holonym: Kanado

See also

	Hudsona Golfo
Manitobo		Kebekio
	Usono

Finnish

Etymology

From English Ontario.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈontɑrio/, [ˈo̞n̪t̪ɑ̝ˌrio̞]
• IPA^(key): /ˈonteːrio/, [ˈo̞n̪t̪e̞ːˌrio̞]
• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation^(key): On‧ta‧rio

Proper noun

Ontario

1. Ontario (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Ontario, Lake Ontario (a large lake in North America, one of the Great Lakes)

Declension

Inflection of Ontario (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative		Ontario	—
genitive		Ontarion	—
partitive		Ontariota	—
illative		Ontarioon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Ontario	—
accusative	nom.	Ontario	—
	gen.	Ontarion
genitive		Ontarion	—
partitive		Ontariota	—
inessive		Ontariossa	—
elative		Ontariosta	—
illative		Ontarioon	—
adessive		Ontariolla	—
ablative		Ontariolta	—
allative		Ontariolle	—
essive		Ontariona	—
translative		Ontarioksi	—
abessive		Ontariotta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Ontario (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ontarioni — accusative nom. Ontarioni — gen. Ontarioni genitive Ontarioni — partitive Ontariotani — inessive Ontariossani — elative Ontariostani — illative Ontariooni — adessive Ontariollani — ablative Ontarioltani — allative Ontariolleni — essive Ontarionani — translative Ontariokseni — abessive Ontariottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ontariosi — accusative nom. Ontariosi — gen. Ontariosi genitive Ontariosi — partitive Ontariotasi — inessive Ontariossasi — elative Ontariostasi — illative Ontarioosi — adessive Ontariollasi — ablative Ontarioltasi — allative Ontariollesi — essive Ontarionasi — translative Ontarioksesi — abessive Ontariottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ontariomme — accusative nom. Ontariomme — gen. Ontariomme genitive Ontariomme — partitive Ontariotamme — inessive Ontariossamme — elative Ontariostamme — illative Ontarioomme — adessive Ontariollamme — ablative Ontarioltamme — allative Ontariollemme — essive Ontarionamme — translative Ontarioksemme — abessive Ontariottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ontarionne — accusative nom. Ontarionne — gen. Ontarionne genitive Ontarionne — partitive Ontariotanne — inessive Ontariossanne — elative Ontariostanne — illative Ontarioonne — adessive Ontariollanne — ablative Ontarioltanne — allative Ontariollenne — essive Ontarionanne — translative Ontarioksenne — abessive Ontariottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Ontarionsa — accusative nom. Ontarionsa — gen. Ontarionsa genitive Ontarionsa — partitive Ontariotaan Ontariotansa — inessive Ontariossaan Ontariossansa — elative Ontariostaan Ontariostansa — illative Ontarioonsa — adessive Ontariollaan Ontariollansa — ablative Ontarioltaan Ontarioltansa — allative Ontariolleen Ontariollensa — essive Ontarionaan Ontarionansa — translative Ontariokseen Ontarioksensa — abessive Ontariottaan Ontariottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

French

Etymology

Probably from Wyandot ontari:io (literally “great lake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̃.ta.ʁjo/

Proper noun

Ontario m

1. Ontario (all senses):
   1. Ontario (a province in eastern Canada)
   2. Ontario, Lake Ontario (a large lake in North America, one of the Great Lakes)
   3. Ontario (a city in San Bernardino County, California)
   4. Ontario (a city in Richland County, Ohio)
   5. Ontario (a city in Malheur County, Oregon)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔnˈtaːʁio/

Proper noun

Ontario n (proper noun, strong, genitive Ontarios)

1. Ontario (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Ontario, Lake Ontario (a large lake in North America, one of the Great Lakes)

   Synonym: Ontariosee

Hungarian

 Ontario on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ontario, probably from Wyandot ontari꞉io (literally “great lake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈontaːrijoː]
• Hyphenation: On‧ta‧rio
• Rhymes: -joː

Proper noun

Ontario

1. Ontario (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Ontario, Lake Ontario (a large lake in North America, one of the Great Lakes)

Declension

Inflection of Ontario

	singular	plural
nominative	Ontario	—
accusative	Ontariót	—
dative	Ontariónak	—
instrumental	Ontarióval	—
causal-final	Ontarióért	—
translative	Ontarióvá	—
terminative	Ontarióig	—
essive-formal	Ontarióként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Ontarióban	—
superessive	Ontarión	—
adessive	Ontariónál	—
illative	Ontarióba	—
sublative	Ontarióra	—
allative	Ontarióhoz	—
elative	Ontarióból	—
delative	Ontarióról	—
ablative	Ontariótól	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Ontarióé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Ontarióéi	—

Possessive forms of Ontario

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Ontarióm	—
2nd person sing.	Ontariód	—
3rd person sing.	Ontariója	—
1st person plural	Ontariónk	—
2nd person plural	Ontariótok	—
3rd person plural	Ontariójuk	—

Derived terms

• Ontario-tó
• ontariói

Japanese

Romanization

Ontario

1. Rōmaji transcription of オンタリオ

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

Ontario

Wikipedia ^la

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /onˈta.ri.oː/, [ɔn̪ˈt̪ärioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /onˈta.ri.o/, [on̪ˈt̪äːrio]

Proper noun

Ontariō f sg (genitive Ontariōnis); third declension

1. (New Latin) Ontario (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Ontario, Lake Ontario (a large lake in North America, one of the Great Lakes)

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ontariō
genitive	Ontariōnis
dative	Ontariōnī
accusative	Ontariōnem
ablative	Ontariōne
vocative	Ontariō
locative	Ontariōnī Ontariōne

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Ontario

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ontario, probably from Wyandot ontari꞉io.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔnˈta.rjɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -arjɔ
• Syllabification: On‧ta‧rio

Proper noun

Ontario n (indeclinable)

1. Ontario (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Ontario, Lake Ontario (a large lake in North America, one of the Great Lakes)

Further reading

• Ontario in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Ontario

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ontario, probably from Wyandot ontari꞉io.

Proper noun

Ontario

1. Ontario (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Ontario, Lake Ontario (a large lake in North America, one of the Great Lakes)

Romanian

Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:

Ontario

Wikipedia ^ro

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ontario, probably from Wyandot ontari꞉io.

Proper noun

Ontario ?

1. Ontario (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Ontario, Lake Ontario (a large lake in North America, one of the Great Lakes)

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Ontario

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ontario, probably from Wyandot ontari꞉io.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /onˈtaɾjo/ [õn̪ˈt̪a.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: On‧ta‧rio

Proper noun

Ontario f

1. Ontario (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Ontario, Lake Ontario (a large lake in North America, one of the Great Lakes)

Related terms

• ontariano

Turkish

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:

Ontario

Wikipedia ^tr

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ontario, probably from Wyandot ontari꞉io.

Proper noun

Ontario

1. Ontario (a province in eastern Canada)
2. Ontario, Lake Ontario (a large lake in North America, one of the Great Lakes)