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ONTARIO

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

Canadian province (Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes)

Meronyms (parts of "Ontario"):

Canadian capital; capital of Canada; Ottawa (the capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec))

Hamilton (a port city in southeastern Ontario at the western end of Lake Ontario)

Kingston (a town in southeast Ontario on Lake Ontario near the head of the Saint Lawrence River)

Sault Sainte Marie (a town of southern Ontario opposite northern Michigan)

Sudbury (a city in south central Canada in Ontario; a major nickel mining center)

Thunder Bay (a port city in Ontario on Lake Superior)

Toronto (the provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada))

Canadian Falls; Horseshoe Falls (a part of Niagara Falls in Ontario)

James Bay (the southern extension of Hudson Bay in Canada between western Quebec and northeastern Ontario)

Lake Saint Clair; Lake St. Clair (a lake between Ontario and Michigan; connected with Lake Huron and Lake Erie)

Niagara; Niagara Falls (waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls)

Severn; Severn River (a river in Ontario that flows northeast into Hudson Bay)

Holonyms ("Ontario" is a part of...):

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The smallest of the Great Lakes

Synonyms:

Lake Ontario; Ontario

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

Holonyms ("Ontario" is a part of...):

Great Lakes (a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America)

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