Ontario

See also: Ontário

English

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):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: On‧tar‧io

Proper noun

Ontario

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

Derived terms

• Ontario County

Derived terms

• 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

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ontario n (related adjective ontarijský)

1. Ontario (a province in eastern Canada; capital: Toronto)

Declension

Declension of Ontario (sg-only semisoft neuter)

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

Further reading

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

Esperanto

Ontario

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ontario (accusative Ontarion)

1. Ontario (a province of Canada)

   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
• Syllabification^(key): On‧ta‧ri‧o

Proper noun

Ontario

1. Ontario (a province of Canada)

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. A province of Canada
   2. A village in the Cayo District, Belize
   3. A city in San Bernardino County, California
   4. An unincorporated community in Knox County, Illinois
   5. An unincorporated community in Lima Township, LaGrange County, Indiana, United States
   6. A community of Ames, Story County, Iowa, United States
   7. A county of New York
   8. A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Wayne County, New York
   9. A city in Richland County, Ohio
   10. A city in Malheur County, Oregon
   11. A locality in North Bethlehem, Washington County, Pennsylvania
   12. A locality in Charlotte County, Virginia
   13. A village in Vernon County, Wisconsin

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔnˈtaːʁio/

Proper noun

Ontario n (proper noun, strong, genitive Ontarios)

1. Ontario (a province in eastern Canada; capital: Toronto)
2. Lake Ontario (a lake)

   Synonym: Ontariosee

Hungarian

Ontario

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; capital: Toronto)

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

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

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ontariō
Genitive	Ontariōnis
Dative	Ontariōnī
Accusative	Ontariōnem
Ablative	Ontariōne
Vocative	Ontariō
Locative	Ontariōnī Ontariōne

Polish

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; capital: Toronto)

Further reading

• Ontario in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ontario

1. Ontario (a province in eastern Canada; capital: Toronto)

Romanian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ontario ?

1. Ontario (a province in eastern Canada; capital: Toronto)

Spanish

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; capital: Toronto)

Related terms

• ontariano

 

Turkish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ontario

1. Ontario (a province in eastern Canada; capital: Toronto)