Ontarian
/ɑnˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/adjective, noun
Ontarian is an adjective meaning “Of, from or relating to the province of Ontario, Canada” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled O-N-T-A-R-I-A-N and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 25 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Ontarian mean?
adjective
- 1
Of, from or relating to the province of Ontario, Canada.
noun
- 1
A native or inhabitant of the province of Ontario, Canada.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Ontarian?
- UK /ɒnˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/
- US /ɑnˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/
Ontarian has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Ontarian
- Ontarians plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Ontarian?
Ontarian appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Ontarian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person from Ontario:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Ontarien, Ontarienne |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Ontarian come from?
From Ontario + -an.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).