golden horseshoe

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von golden horseshoe im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Nickname for the U-shaped area of the Canadian province of Ontario which extends along the northwestern, western, and southwestern shoreline of Lake Ontario from metropolitan Toronto to the Niagara River, comprising one of Canada's most populated and economically productive regions

Half of those new immigrants came to Ontario. . . . Once here, most of them settled in the Golden Horseshoe area, now home to 8.1 million people, or one-quarter of all Canadians.

Silbentrennung

gold·en horse·shoe

Türkische aussprache

gōldın hôrsşu

Aussprache

/ˈgōldən ˈhôrsˌsʜo͞o/ /ˈɡoʊldən ˈhɔːrsˌʃuː/

Etymologie

() Reportedly coined by Westinghouse President Herbert H. Rogge, in a speech to the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce on 12 Jan. 1954.