Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A province of east-central Canada. Originally the western half of the old Province of Quebec, it was separated into Upper Canada in 1791 following the arrival of Loyalist settlers during the American Revolution. Reunited with Lower Canada (now Quebec) in 1841 as part of the Province of Canada, it once again became a separate province with Canada's confederation in 1867. Toronto is the capital and the largest city.
- A city of southern California east of Los Angeles near Riverside and San Bernardino. Founded in 1882, it grew as an agricultural center.
- Lake,The smallest and easternmost of the Great Lakes, between southeast Ontario, Canada, and northwest New York. It is connected to Lake Erie by the Niagara River and to the Atlantic Ocean by the St. Lawrence River.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A lake between Ontario province and
New York State . - proper noun A province in eastern
Canada that hasToronto as its capital. - proper noun A city in
California . - proper noun A town in
Oregon .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada
- noun the smallest of the Great Lakes
Etymologies
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COLIN D'CUNHA, ONTARIO CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER: As long as there is SARS activity somewhere in the world and as long as the contacts are not isolated, the potential exists for SARS to continue to spread, which is exactly why here in Ontario, Canada, we will throw, once again, everything we have at it to control and contain the disease.
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ERNIE EVES, ONTARIO PREMIER: New York, which is the northeastern center that is set up to review the entire northeast of the U.S. and Canada, has concluded this morning that, indeed, it did happen in the upper Midwest U.S., not in the province of Ontario.
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OAKVILLE, ONTARIO - (Marketwire - April 16, 2010) - The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for southern Ontario, will make an announcement regarding the Government of Canada's commitment to southern Ontario's academic institutions and the economy.
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TORONTO, ONTARIO, - Magna International Inc. 's controversial plan to pay a hefty premium for founder Frank Stronach to give up his voting control of the company has been approved by an Ontario judge.
Market News 2010
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RIDGETOWN, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire - March 29, 2010) - A new dynamic community based, farmer-owned solar energy company located in southwestern Ontario was announced last week, called AGRIS Solar Co-operative.
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ETOBICOKE, ONTARIO, PRESS RELEASE -- (Marketwire - March 3, 2010) - The Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS) released the findings of its 2010 Survey of Ontario's ICI Construction Industry this morning to an audience of construction industry professionals and business owners at the OCS 10th Annual State of the Industry
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OAKVILLE, ONTARIO - (Marketwire - April 16, 2010) - The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for southern Ontario, will make an announcement regarding the Government of Canada's commitment to southern Ontario's academic institutions and the economy.
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Off-duty officers arrested in connection with alleged kidnapping, rape ONTARIO - Two off-duty law enforcement officers were arrested Saturday night in connection with the alleged kidnapping and rape of an Ontario restaurant employee.
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Off-duty officers arrested in connection with alleged kidnapping, rape ONTARIO - Two off-duty law enforcement officers were arrested Saturday night in connection with the alleged kidnapping and rape of an Ontario restaurant employee.
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