CN Tower

English

CN Tower

Etymology

Originally short for Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower. It was later reinterpreted as Canadian National or Canada's National Tower.

Proper noun

CN Tower

1. A communications and observation tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
   • 2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 205:

     She thought the CN Tower was ugly up close, but unexpectedly lovely when viewed from airplane windows.

Translations

the tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: CN塔 (CN taap³)

  Mandarin: CN塔 (CN Tǎ)

• French: Tour CN f
• Portuguese: Torre CN f

Further reading

• CN Tower on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• crownet