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Toronto Pronunciation
Toronto is pronounced ter-AHN-toh, IPA /tɝˈɑntoʊ/.
ter-AHN-toh
US /tɝˈɑntoʊ/
Syllables: ter · AHN · toh (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
proper noun: The largest city in Canada, on the north shore of Lake Ontario.
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Toronto in a Sentence
- Our flight connects through Toronto.
- Toronto has more high-rise towers than any other Canadian city.
- She did her degree in Toronto.
Common Mispronunciations of Toronto
Not TOH-ron-toh
The beat is on the middle part, AHN, and the opening vowel reduces almost to nothing.
Not tuh-RAHN-tay
The final o is a plain oh. An ay ending treats the name as Italian, which it is not: it comes from an Iroquoian word.
Tip: Locals often drop the second t and say tuh-RAH-noh or even TRAH-nuh, which is where the nickname T-dot comes from.
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