Torontoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Mohawk tkaronto (“where trees stand in water”), originally referring to the strait between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching. Compare karón꞉ta (“tree”) from Proto-North Iroquoian *-ɹõt-.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /təˈɹɒ.nəʊ/, /təˈɹɒn.təʊ/
• (General American) IPA: /təˈɹɑ.noʊ/, /təˈɹɑn.toʊ/, [tʰəˈɹɑ̈ntʰo(ʊ)], [tʰəˈɹɑ̈ɾ̃o(ʊ)]
• (local, MTE) IPA: /təˈɹɑnoʊ/, [tʰəˈɹɑɾ̃ə], [tʰɹɑɾ̃ə], [t͡ʃəˈɹɑno(ʊ)], [t͡ʃɹɑno(ʊ)], [t͡ʃəˈɹɑnə], [t͡ʃɹɑnə], [t̠͡ɹ̠̊˔ʷɑɾ̃ə]
• 韻: -ɒnəʊ, -ɒntəʊ
• ハイフネーション: To‧ron‧to

固有名詞

Toronto

1. The capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city Canada.

   Synonyms: The Big Smoke, Hogtown, Hollywood North, (historical) Muddy York, The 6, The North, Queen City, T.O., (former name) York

   • 2022 April 18, Catherine Porter, “A ‘Wild West’ of Marijuana Shops Grows in Toronto”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 22 April 2022:

     As Toronto slowly comes back to life after two years of repeated lockdowns and closures, the wreckage of the pandemic is surfacing like cigarette butts in melted snow drifts.

   • 2024 November 29, Lex Harvey, “Clashes erupted outside a Hindu temple near Toronto. They’re the latest sign of Canada and India’s spiraling relations”, in CNN‎:

     A year earlier, the Canadian leader was seen at a Sikh event in Toronto where separatist flags and posters depicting an extremist Sikh leader killed in a 1984 Indian Army operation were displayed.

2. A lakeside suburb of Greater Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, in the local government area of the City of Lake Macquarie.
3. An unincorporated community in the township of Lot 23, Grenville Parish, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
4. A village in County Durham, England.
5. Numerous places in the United States:
   1. A former unincorporated community in Woodside Township, now a suburb of Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.
   2. A ghost town in Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
   3. A small town in Clinton County, Iowa.
   4. A tiny city in Woodson County, Kansas, named after Toronto, Ontario.
   5. An unincorporated community in Camden County, Missouri, named after Toronto, Ontario.
   6. A city in Jefferson County, Ohio, named after Toronto, Ontario.
   7. A small town in Deuel County, South Dakota, named after Toronto, Ontario.

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