is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is the largest city in the province, the second-largest in the country (after Toronto) and the fifteenth-largest in North America. Originally called Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary",[7] it is named after Mount Royal,[8] the triple-peaked hill located in the heart of the city. The city is located on the Island of Montreal, which took its name from the same source as the city,[9][10] and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île…
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