English Explanatory Dictionary

Ottawa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in Ontario, Canada; the capital city of Canada.
  2. The federal government of Canada.
  3. A river flowing southeast between Ontario and Quebec, Canada into the St. Lawrence River.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
  5. A city, the county seat of LaSalle County, Illinois.
  6. A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Kansas.
  7. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
  8. A village, the county seat of Putnam County, Ohio.
  9. An unincorporated community in Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
  10. A town and unincorporated community in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
  11. Some other townships, listed under Ottawa Township.
  12. A village and former commune of Ivory Coast.
noun
  1. A member of the Ottawa people.

Pronunciation

/ˈɒtəwə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ottawa.wav /ˈɑtəwə/ [ˈɑɾəwə] /ˈɑtəˌwɑ/ /ˈɒtəwɒ/ [ˈɔɾ̥əwa(ː)]

Word forms

Ottawa Odawa Odaawaa Ottowa Ottawas

Etymology

From Ojibwe odaawaa/ᐅᑡᐙ (“an Ottawa; a trader”), from Proto-Algonquian *atawewa (“to trade”).

Synonyms

National Capital Region NCR Ottawa-Hull Ottawa-Gatineau O-town

Related words

Ottawan Outaouais Wiktionary’s coverage of Ottawa terms Odawa Odaawaa Ottowa

Derived words

Mega-Ottawa Ottawa County Ottawa-Gatineau Ottawa-Hull Ottawian

Translations

Catalan: ottawes Catalan: Ottawa French: Outaouais French: Ottawa German: Odawa German: Ottawa Ojibwe: odaawaag Ojibwe: odaawaamowin Ottawa: daawaag Ottawa: daawaamwin Ottawa: Daawaa Potawatomi: Neshnabék Potawatomi: wdawamwen Potawatomi: Odawa Unami: Taweyok Unami: Tawe Afrikaans: Ottawa Albanian: Ottawa Amharic: ኦታዋ Arabic: أُوتَاوَا Armenian: Օտտավա Assamese: অট্টৱা Asturian: Ottawa Azerbaijani: Ottava Belarusian: Ата́ва Bengali: অটোয়া Bulgarian: Ота́ва Burmese: အော့တဝမြို့ Chinese Cantonese: 渥太華 /渥太华 Chinese Cantonese: 渥京 Chinese Mandarin: 渥太華 /渥太华 Chinese Mandarin: 渥京 Corsican: Ottawa Czech: Ottawa Danish: Ottawa Dutch: Ottawa Esperanto: Otavo Estonian: Ottawa Finnish: Ottawa Galician: Otava Georgian: ოტავა Greek: Οττάβα Greek: Οτάβα Gujarati: ઓટાવા Hawaiian: ʻOttawa Hebrew: אוטווה \ אוֹטָוָה Hindi: ओटावा Hungarian: Ottawa Icelandic: Ottawa Indonesian: Ottawa Inuktitut: ᐊᑦᑖᕙ Irish: Ottawa
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