Etobicoke

Meaning

Proper Noun

• (suburban) district/and/former city city, Toronto Ontario (province) Canada (country)
• , river the [[Greater Toronto Area]] (region) Ontario (province) Canada (country)

Origin

• From Ojibwe Wadoopikaang ("where the alders grow") . From the Mississaugas name of the land between the Etobicoke Creek and the Humber River. First transliterated into English as Ato-be-coake, becoming Tobacock, before becoming Etobicoke.