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"The 6ix" — popularized by rapper Drake, a Toronto native who based the nickname on the shared digits of the 416 and 647 telephone area codes and/or referring to the six districts that make up the present city of Toronto. [179] Created by Jimmy Prime, member of Toronto hip-hop group, Prime Boys. [180] Scarborough (part of Toronto since 1998)
The name of Toronto has a history distinct from that of the city itself.Originally, the term "Tkaronto" referred to a channel of water between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching on maps as early as 1675 [1] but in time the name passed southward, and was eventually applied to a new fort at the mouth of the Humber River.
This narrows was called tkaronto by the Mohawk, meaning 'where there are trees standing in the water', [43] [44] [45] and was recorded as early as 1615 by Samuel de Champlain. [46] The word Toronto, meaning 'plenty', also appears in a 1632 French lexicon of the Huron language, which is also an Iroquoian language. [47]
The town was incorporated on March 6, 1834, reverting to the name of "Toronto" to distinguish it from New York City, as well as about a dozen other localities named 'York' in the province (including York County in which Toronto was situated), and to disassociate itself from the negative connotation of dirty Little York, [36] a common nickname ...
1909: The city of West Toronto was annexed by Toronto on May 1. [6] West Toronto covered 1,600 acres (6.5 km 2) and had 12 000 residents. The unincorporated communities of Wychwood and Bracondale were annexed by Toronto in February. [6] Covering 575 acres (2.33 km 2), they formerly stood on the land of York township. The town of East Toronto ...
The former town of York was incorporated on March 6, 1834, reverting to the name Toronto to distinguish it from New York City, as well as about a dozen other localities named "York" in the province (including the county in which Toronto was situated), and to dissociate itself from the negative connotation of "dirty Little York", [1] a common nickname for the town by its residents.
The Senate called a recess about 2:11 p.m. The Capitol was declared secure at 8 p.m. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) brought the House back into session at 9 p.m., and Vice President ...
[6] [7] [8] It is also used outside of BC for Toronto, London, Sydney and other places. Very common in use within BC, especially in the BC Interior , for both Vancouver and the Lower Mainland in general.