franco-ontarian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A Francophone Canadian who resides in the province of Ontario.
adj
Of or pertaining to Franco-Ontarians.
Example Sentences
- "The mention of Regulation 17 continues to evoke chills in our community: Enacted from 1912 to 1927, Regulation 17 aimed to eradicate French-language education in Ontario schools. The objective was ultimately to assimilate Franco-Ontarians into the English-speaking majority."
- "This can be tedious, especially the minutiae of French laws and policies in Canada. When the discussion zooms in on a hot debate on raising the Franco-Ontarian flag in Sudbury, Ontario, it is hard not to feel that the topic of French in Canada has perhaps been exhausted."