English Explanatory Dictionary

Ohio

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Columbus.
  2. A river in the United States, flowing 981 miles from the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania through Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois along state borders and emptying into the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois.
  3. Ellipsis of Ohio University.
  4. A locale in the United States; named for the state:
  5. A town in New York.
  6. A village in Illinois.
  7. An unincorporated community in Mississippi.
  8. An unincorporated community in Texas.
  9. A number of townships, listed under Ohio Township.
  10. A locale in Canada:
  11. A community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia.
  12. A community in Digby County, Nova Scotia.

Pronunciation

/oʊˈhaɪoʊ/ /əˈhaɪoʊ/ /əˈhaɪəʊ/ /əʊˈhʌɪəʊ/ en-us-Ohio.ogg

Word forms

Ohio

Etymology

From Seneca Ohi꞉yoʼ, a proper name derived from ohi꞉yo꞉h (“good river”). The name of the Allegheny river, which the Lenape and Iroquois considered to be part of the same single river as the Ohio, means the same thing in Unami.

Synonyms

OU

Derived words

Kenova OH Ohioan Ohio City Ohio County Ohioese only in Ohio pride of Ohio skibidi Ohio rizz

Translations

Arabic: أُوهَايُو Arabic: اوهايو Armenian: Օհայո Belarusian: Ага́ё Belarusian: Ага́я Bengali: ওহাইও Bulgarian: Оха́йо Cherokee: ᎣᎭᏲ Chinese Mandarin: 俄亥俄 Czech: Ohio Danish: Ohio Esperanto: Ohio Farefare: Ohayo Finnish: Ohio Galician: Ohio Georgian: ოჰაიო German: Ohio Greek: Οχάιο Hawaiian: ʻOhaio Hebrew: אוֹהָיוֹ Hindi: ओहायो Italian: Ohio Japanese: オハイオ Japanese: オハイオ州 Khmer: រដ្ឋអូហៃយ៉ូ Khmer: អូហៃយ៉ូ Korean: 오하이오 Central Kurdish: ئۆھایۆ Lao: ໂອໄຮໂອ Latvian: Ohaio Lithuanian: Ohajas Macedonian: Оха́јо Malayalam: ഒഹായോ Marathi: ओहायो Navajo: Oohááyoo hahoodzo Odia: ଓହିଓ Pannonian Rusyn: Огайо Persian: اوهایو Polish: Ohio Portuguese: Ohio Punjabi: ਓਹਾਇਓ Romanian: Ohio Russian: Ога́йо Samogitian: Ohajos
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