Origin: after Lake Ontario
province of SC Canada, between the Great Lakes & Hudson Bay: 412,580 sq mi (1,068,578 sq km); pop. 10,754,000; cap. Toronto: abbrev. ON or OntOrigin: after the Cdn province
city in S Calif.: pop. 158,000Origin: < Fr < Iroquoian, lit., fine lake
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