Lake Ontario

English thumb|Map of the Great Lakes, with Lake Ontario (dark blue) Etymology en :af lake Ontario + From en wya ontari꞉io great lake. From the Huron name for the lake. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lake Ontario.wav Southern England Proper noun lake Ontario en Q1062 en lake cont/North America between c/Canada and c/USA in p:pref/Ontario and s:pref/New York one of the five Great Lakes of North America. en Ontario ; Lake America<q:disputed, neologism, US> en Max White Exploring Lake Ontario's name and history amid Trump threat to rename it 'Lake America' w:WXYZ-TV https://www.wxyz.com/news/exploring-lake-ontarios-name-and-history-amid-trump-threat-to-rename-it-lake-america 2026-08-25 "Indigenous peoples have long been stewards of Lake Ontario (Niigani-gichigami), and they help ensure the lake’s life-giving resources remain abundant and cared for much like family," the CGLL said. Niigani-gichigami is the Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) word for Lake Ontario. https://web.archive.org/web/20260828040428/https://www.wxyz.com/news/exploring-lake-ontarios-name-and-history-amid-trump-threat-to-rename-it-lake-america Translations lake in North America Ontario Afrikaans: af Ontariomeer Albanian: sq Liqeni Ontario Arabic: ar بُحَيْرَة أُونْتَارْيُو f Armenian: hy Օնտարիո լիճ Azerbaijani: az Ontario gölü Belarusian: be Антарыа n Bengali: bn অন্টারিও হ্রদ Breton: br Lenn Ontario m Bulgarian: bg Онтарио n Burmese: my အွန်တေးရီးယိုးကန် Catalan: ca llac Ontàrio m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 安大略湖 on1 daai6 loek6 wu4 Mandarin: cmn 安大略湖 Āndàlüè Hú Czech: cs Ontarijské jezero n, cs Ontario n Danish: da Lake Ontario c Dutch: nl Ontariomeer n Esperanto: eo Ontario Estonian: et Ontario järv Finnish: fi Ontariojärvi French: fr lac Ontario m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Ontariomar n Galician: gl Lago Ontario m Georgian: ka ონტარიოს ტბა German: de Ontariosee m Greek: el Λίμνη Οντάριο f Hebrew: he ימת אונטריו f yamát ontário Hindi: hi ओण्टारियो झील Hungarian: hu Ontario-tó Indonesian: id Danau Ontario Irish: ga Loch Ontario m Italian: it lago Ontario m Japanese: ja オンタリオ湖 Ontario-ko Kannada: kn ಆಂಟೇರಿಯೊ ಸರೋವರ Kazakh: kk Онтарио Korean: ko ^온타리오호 Kyrgyz: ky Онтарио Lao: lo ທະເລສາບອອນແທ​ຣິໂອ Latvian: lv Ontārio ezers m Lithuanian: lt Ontarijo ežeras m Macedonian: mk Онтарио n Malay: ms Tasik Ontario Malayalam: ml ഒണ്ടാറിയോ തടാകം Marathi: mr ऑन्टारियो सरोवर Mohawk: moh Oniatarí:io, moh Kaniatarí:io Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Ontariosjøen m Nynorsk: nn Ontariosjøen m Ottawa: otw Gchi-zaaghigan, otw Niigaanii-gchigami Persian: fa دریاچه انتاریو daryâče-ye ontâriô Polish: pl Ontario n Portuguese: pt Lago Ontário m Punjabi: pa ਓਂਟਾਰੀਓ ਝੀਲ Romanian: ro Lacul Ontario n Russian: ru Онта́рио n Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Језеро Онтарио n Latin: sh Jezero Ontario n Slovak: sk Ontárijské jazero n, sk Ontário n Slovene: sl Ontarijsko jezero n Spanish: es Lago Ontario m Swedish: sv Ontariosjön c Tamil: ta ஒண்டாரியோ ஏரி Telugu: te ఒంటారియో సరస్సు Thai: th ทะเลสาบออนแทรีโอ tá-lee-sàap ontaereeoh Turkish: tr Ontario Gölü Ukrainian: uk Онта́ріо n Uzbek: uz Ontario Vietnamese: vi hồ Ontario Welsh: cy Llyn Ontario m Wendat: wdt Ontarïio’ See also en Ontario Lacus