Mon·tre·al (m n tr -ôl ) or Mont·ré·al (mô r -äl) 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 the French 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. Population: 1,620,000. |
Montreal [ˌmɒntrɪˈɔːl]
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(Placename) 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.: 1 016 376 (1996), with a conurbation of 3 127 242 (1991) French name Montréal [mɔ̃real]
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| Noun | 1. |  Montreal - 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 worldQuebec - the largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British |
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