Montreal

[ mon-tree-awl, muhn- ]

noun

1. a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island Montreal Island in the St. Lawrence.

Montreal

/ ˌmɒntrɪˈɔːl /

noun

1. a city and major port in central Canada, in S Quebec on Montreal Island at the junction of the Ottawa and St Lawrence Rivers. Pop: 1 039 534 (2001) French nameMontréalmɔ̃real

Montreal

1. City in southern Quebec province, Canada , on Montreal Island in the St. Lawrence River; a cultural, commercial, financial, and industrial center.

Notes

Montreal is the second-largest French-speaking city in the world, after Paris , and the second-largest city in Canada, after Toronto .

It lies at the foot of Mount Royal, for which it is named.

Other Words From

• Montre·aler noun

Example Sentences

In addition to the Virginia highways, Transurban operates 17 toll facilities in Australia and one in Montreal.

From Washington Post

In our Elo ratings, the Bruins rank second and Montreal is 12th, but they are closer in terms of Cup odds — the Bruins are second at 13 percent, and the Habs are 10th at 4 percent.

From FiveThirtyEight

After, they pined for one another while he trudged across Wisconsin’s 1,200-mile Ice Age Trail and she tended to a dying friend in Montreal.

From Outside Online

Montreal splits the time in its net between Jake Allen and Carey Price.

From Washington Post

Kaspi is astrophysicist at the McGill Space Institute in Montreal, Canada.

From Science News For Students

Castro actually flew up to Montreal to be a pallbearer at the 2000 funeral of a beloved Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau.

From The Daily Beast

A longtime Zionist, Kawalek grew up in Montreal in a semi-religious household.

From The Daily Beast

Johnny Depp has a pretty sizeable role in Tusk as the Montreal private eye Guy LaPointe.

From The Daily Beast

They are so popular that Black Seed Bagels has now opened in New York selling Montreal-style bagels, and the lines are long.

From The Daily Beast

Travelers to Montreal all have their favorite spots and memories, of course.

From The Daily Beast

The parliament house and library of the British provinces, at Montreal, burned by a mob.

From Project Gutenberg

Father Gavazzi, an emissary of the pope to America, caused a riot by his preaching at Montreal.

From Project Gutenberg

A destructive fire at Montreal laid waste a considerable portion of the city.

From Project Gutenberg

I had then telegraphed to a lawyer I knew in Montreal, and he had replied that he was on the track of the wanderer.

From Project Gutenberg

Clifton Holt went with them to the city of Montreal, where they stayed a few days, as all American tourists do.

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