English Explanatory Dictionary

Spadina

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  2. A neighbourhood
  3. A street
  4. Several transit stations
  5. A mansion and former estate that was subdivided into the neighbourhood

Pronunciation

/spəˈdaɪ.nə/ /spəˈdiː.nə/

Word forms

Spadina

Etymology

From the Spadina Estate established in 1818 by William Warren Baldwin. From Ojibwe espadinong (“hill”).

Related words

Ishpatina
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary