Montréal

See also: Montreal and Mont-real

English

Proper noun

Montréal

  1. Alternative spelling of Montreal

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Middle French Montreal, from Mont Royal (“Mount Royal”), after the nearby mountain, Mont Royal, named by Jacques Cartier. It is uncertain how Royal became -real. A common explanation is that real is the Middle French form of Royal, but Cartier himself recorded le mont Royal when he named it. It may have perhaps been from the Italian G.B. Rasmusio's 1556 map translating the name to Italian as Monte Real.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃.ʁe.al/
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Proper noun

Montréal

  1. Montreal, the largest city of Quebec, Canada.
  2. Montreal, an island in Quebec on which the city is situated.

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Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔntʁeˈaːl/

Proper noun

Montréal n

  1. Montreal (a city in Quebec)

Italian

Proper noun

Montréal ?

  1. Alternative form of Montreal

Portuguese

Proper noun

Montréal f

  1. Alternative form of Montreal

Romanian

Proper noun

Montréal ?

  1. Alternative form of Montreal

Spanish

Proper noun

Montréal ?

  1. Alternative form of Montreal
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