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Hace 1 día · Montreal (CA: / ˌ m ʌ n t r i ˈ ɔː l / ⓘ MUN-tree-AWL; French: Montréal ⓘ) is the second most populous city in Canada, the tenth most populous city in North America, and the most populous city in the province of Quebec.Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie was built.
Hace 1 día · Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ...
Hace 2 días · Mississauga (/ ˌ m ɪ s ɪ ˈ s ɔː ɡ ə / ⓘ MISS-iss-AW-gə), historically known as Toronto Township, is a Canadian city in the province of Ontario, situated on the western shore of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto.With a population of 717,961 as of 2021, Mississauga is the seventh-most populous municipality in Canada, third-most ...
Hace 1 día · The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). It is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional basketball league in the world.. The league was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball ...
Hace 5 días · Ernest Miller Hemingway ( / ˈɜːrnɪst ˈhɛmɪŋweɪ /; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public ...
Hace 1 día · The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto.The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division.Since 1989, the team has played its home games primarily at Rogers Centre in downtown Toronto.. The name "Blue Jays" originates from the bird of the same name, and blue is also the traditional colour of ...
Hace 3 días · Margaret Eleanor Atwood CC OOnt CH FRSC FRSL (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor.Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and ...
