Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern Quebec, Canada, on Montreal Island in the St. Lawrence River. Named after Mount Royal, a hill at its center, it was founded by French missionaries as Ville-Marie-de-Montréal in 1642 and grew rapidly as a fur-trading center and starting point for western exploration. The English captured the city in 1760. Today Montreal is a major Canadian port and a cultural, commercial, and industrial hub.
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- proper noun A river port and the
largest city inQuebec .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a city in southern Quebec province on the Saint Lawrence River; the largest city in Quebec and 2nd largest in Canada; the 2nd largest French-speaking city in the world
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MONTREAL, QC - JULY 27: Fashion designer Yves Jean Lacasse L and one of his models pose on the red carpet before the WTA Tennis fashion show part of the Rogers Cup Tennis Tournament at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel on July 27, 2008 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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MONTREAL, QC - JULY 27: Fashion designer Yves Jean Lacasse L and one of his models pose on the red carpet before the WTA Tennis fashion show part of the Rogers Cup Tennis Tournament at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel on July 27, 2008 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Archive 2008-08-03 papabear 2008
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MONTREAL, QC - JULY 27: Fashion designer Yves Jean Lacasse L and one of his models pose on the red carpet before the WTA Tennis fashion show part of the Rogers Cup Tennis Tournament at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel on July 27, 2008 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
WTA Tennis fashion show papabear 2008
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MONTREAL - Quebec wildlife officials will strategically place vaccine-laced cookies just outside Montreal to create an artificial barrier to keep a virulent strain of raccoon rabies out of the city.
Raccoons of Mont Royal AYDIN 2007
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MONTREAL - If a rising tide of separatist sentiment leads Quebec to independence from Canada, half the English-speaking community in Montreal -- Canada's second largest city -- would leave, a study shows.
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I came near leaving the stage while playing in Montreal and going into the portering business; said change being suggested by the following advertisement in the _Montreal Star_:
Continuous Vaudeville Hal [Illustrator] Merrit 1896
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MONTREAL - A new concert film about Celine Dion's global "Taking Chances" tour has premiered in Montreal.
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MONTREAL - A funeral for former boxing champion Arturo Gatti will be held Monday in his adopted hometown of Montreal.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Soumitra Mondal 2010
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MONTREAL (AFP) - Michael Cammalleri scored twice and Jaroslav Spacek netted the go-ahead goal as Montreal beat Pittsburgh 4-3 Monday to force a game seven in their NHL Eastern
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MONTREAL - A 12-year-old boy was killed Monday afternoon after he was hit by a bus while riding his bike in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que, southeast of Montreal.
Toronto Sun 2010
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