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Definition of Toronto

1. Noun. The provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada).

Definition of Toronto

1. Proper noun. The provincial capital of Ontario, Canada. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Toronto

Literary usage of Toronto

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Toronto has 1329 acres of park, the chief being Queen's Park, adjoining the ... Its agricultural college is situated not at Toronto but at Guelph, Ontario. ..."

2. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1903)
"Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Toronto, Ann. Rep. 3f<tgn. ... Appendix to j the Report of the Minister of Education, Ontario, Toronto. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Toronto, University of, situated at Toronto, Canada, the head of the educational system of the province of Ontario. The first step toward the ..."

4. The American Bar by James Clark Fifield (1918)
"Toronto*, 450000, Toronto South Co. The Canadian Bank of Commerce AYLESWORTH. ... Osgoode Hall, Toronto. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity; general practice ..."

5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"Toronto, the capital city of Ontario, is situated on the north shore of Lake Ontario, about forty miles east of the western end of the lake, in Lat. ..."

6. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"Toronto. 1896. Todd, A. Parliamentary Government in the British Colonies. London. 1894. ... Toronto. 1872. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. ..."

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