Montreal
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Montreal (French: Montréal;[1] pronoonced Template:IPA-fr in French, Template:IPAc-en in Inglis[2]) is the seicont-lairgest ceety in Canadae an the lairgest ceety in the province o Quebec. Oreeginally cawed Ville-Marie, or "Ceety o Mary",[3] the ceety takes its present name frae Mont-Royal,[4] the triple-peaked hill locatit in the hert o the ceety, whose name wis an aa initially given tae the island on which the ceety is locatit,[5][6] or Mont Réal as it wis spelled in Middle French,[7] (Mont Royal in present French).
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Montreal haes a number o sister ceeties:
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- ↑ It is maist common tae omit the acute accent in Inglis-leid uisage (Montreal), unless ane is uisin a proper name whaur the context requires the uise o the accent (e.g. Le Journal de Montréal, as compared tae the Montreal Gazette), an tae keep the accent in French-leid uisage (Montréal). This is an aa the approach favoured bi The Canadian Press Style Book (ISBN 0-920009-32-8, at p. 234) an The Globe and Mail Style Book (ISBN 0-7710-5685-0, at p. 249). According to The Canadian Style (ISBN 1-55002-276-8, at pp. 263–4), the official style guide of the Government of Canada, the name of the city is to be written with an accent in all government materials.
- ↑ /ˌmʌntriˈɑːl/ is the local Inglis pronunciation. Elsewhaur it tends to be /ˌmʌntriˈʌl/ or /ˌmɒntriˈɔːl/.
- ↑ Old Montréal / Centuries of History (2000-04). Retrieved on 26 Mairch 2009. .
- ↑ Mount Royal Park - Montreal's Mount Royal Park or Parc du Mont-Royal. Montreal.about.com. Retrieved on 16 November 2010. .
- ↑ Island of Montreal. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved on 7 Februar 2008. .
- ↑ Template:Cite document
- ↑ real. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law (2007-10-10). Retrieved on 23 Mairch 2009. .
