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Definition: The province of Ontario is one of the ten provinces and three territories that make up Canada.

Origin of the Name Ontario: The name for the province of Ontario is from an Iroquois word meaning beautiful lake or beautiful water and was first used for Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes.

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