Montreal (

i/ˌmʌntriːˈɒl/;[6] French: Montréal[7]; pronounced [mɔ̃ʁeal] (

listen)) is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province ofQuebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the fifteenth largest in North America. Originally called Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary",[8] the city takes its present name from Mount Royal,[9] the triple-peaked hill located in the heart of the city, or Mont Réal as it was spelled inMiddle French[10] (Mont Royal in present French). The city is located on the Island of Montreal, which took its name from the same source as the city,[11][12] and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard.
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