English Explanatory Dictionary

Montreal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers
  2. A river port, the largest city in Quebec, Canada.
  3. An island of Quebec, Canada, on which the city is situated.
  4. Ellipsis of Montreal Archipelago: an archipelago on the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, which contains the island.
  5. An administrative region of Quebec, Canada, containing the island.
  6. A metropolitan area in Quebec, Canada, containing the archipelago.
  7. A former county of Quebec, Canada, containing the archipelago.
  8. A district of Quebec, Canada, containing the county.
  9. A judicial district in Quebec, Canada.
  10. A former administrative district of Quebec, Canada.
  11. A district of Quebec, British North America.
  12. A district of Canada, New France.

Pronunciation

/ˌmɒntɹiˈɔːl/ /ˌmɑntɹiˈɔl/ /ˌmʌntɹiːˈɒl/ /ˌmɔ̃ɹeɪˈæl/ Montreal-English-pronunciation.oga

Word forms

Montreal Montréal

Etymology

From French Montréal; from Mont Royal (“Mount Royal”) (mont + royal), after the nearby hill by Jacques Cartier. It is uncertain how Royal became -real. A common explanation is that real is the Middle French form of Royal, but Cartier himself recorded le mont Royal when he named it. It may have perhaps been from the Italian G.B. Rasmusio's 1556 map translating the name to Italian Monte Real.

Synonyms

Mtl. Mtl City of Montreal Island of Montreal Montreal Island Hochelaga Archipelago Montreal Region Region of Montreal Region 6 Region 06 County of Montreal Montreal County District of Montreal Montreal District

Derived words

Montreal bagel Montreal East Montrealer Montreal Metropolitan Community Montreal North Montreal nutmeg melon Montreal Protocol Montreal smoked meat Montreal South Montreal staircase Montreal-style Montreal West Old Montreal

Translations

Arabic: مُونْتْرِيَال Armenian: Մոնրեալ Belarusian: Манрэа́ль Bulgarian: Монреа́л Catalan: Mont-real Chinese Cantonese: 滿地可 /满地可 Chinese Mandarin: 蒙特利爾 /蒙特利尔 Chinese Mandarin: 蒙特婁 /蒙特娄 Chinese Mandarin: 滿地河 /满地河 Chinese Mandarin: 蒙城 Esperanto: Montrealo Farefare: Mõrɛallɛ Finnish: Montreal French: Montréal Middle French: Place Royale Middle French: Ville Marie Middle French: Montreal Georgian: მონრეალი German: Montreal German: Montréal Greek: Μόντρεαλ Greek: Μονρεάλη Gujarati: મોન્ટ્રીયલ Haitian Creole: Monreyal Hebrew: מונטריאול Hindi: मॉन्ट्रियल Interlingua: Montreal Inuktitut: ᒧᓐᕆᐊᓪ Inuktitut: ᒧᓐᑐᕆᐋᓪ Inuktitut: ᒧᕆᐊᓪ Italian: Montreale Japanese: モントリオール Japanese: モンレアル Khmer: ម៉ុងរ៉េអាល់ Korean: 몬트리올 Latin: Mons Rēgius Latin: Mōns Rēgālis Latin: Marianopolis Latvian: Monreala Laurentian: Tutonaguy Laurentian: Hochelaga Lithuanian: Monrealis Macedonian: Монтреа́л Mohawk: Tiohtià꞉ke Norman: Mountriyal Norwegian Bokmål: Montréal Norwegian Bokmål: Montreal Norwegian Nynorsk: Montréal Norwegian Nynorsk: Montreal Ojibwe: Mooniyaang Ottawa: Moon'yaang Persian: مونترال Polish: Montreal Portuguese: Montreal Portuguese: Montréal Romanian: Montreal
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