Hochelaga

Meanings

proper noun

historicalobsoleteA former village in the Island of Montreal, Saint Lawrence River, North America.
From the entrance vp to Hochelaga is three hundred leagues.
1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Relations of the Discoveries, Regions, and Religions, of the New World.] Of Newfound-Land, Noua Francia, Arambec, and other Countries of America, extending to Virginia.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. […], London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, book VIII (Of New France, Virginia, Florida; New Spaine, with Other Regions of America Mexicana, and of Their Religions), page 625
historicalobsoleteA former rural municipality of the Island of Montreal, County of Montreal, District of Montreal, Province of Canada East, United Province of Canada.
historicalobsoleteA former county of the Island of Montreal, District of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada.
historicalobsoleteA former town in the Island of Montreal, District of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
datedhistoricalA former district of the City of Montreal, Island of Montreal, District of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
An area of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough, City of Montreal, Island of Montreal, Region of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.

Borrowed from French Hochelaga, from Laurentian osheaga (“waterfall”), referring to the Lachine Rapids.

More words from French, lre

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APA

Hochelaga. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hochelaga

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“Hochelaga.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hochelaga. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hochelaga,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hochelaga.