ottawa
IPA: ˈɑtʌwɑ
Root Word: Ottawa
noun
- An Algonquian people closely related to the Ojibwe; also spelt Ottowa.
- The Ottawa dialect of Ojibwe; also spelt Odawa or Odaawaa.
- A city in Ontario, Canada; capital city of Canada.
- (by synecdoche, metonymically) The federal government of Canada.
- A river flowing southeast between Ontario and Quebec, Canada into the St. Lawrence River.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city, the county seat of LaSalle County, Illinois.
- A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Kansas.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
- A village, the county seat of Putnam County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
- A town and unincorporated community in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
- Some other townships, listed under Ottawa Township.
- A village, formerly a commune in the Ivory Coast.
- A suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- A member of the Ottawa people.
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Examples of "ottawa" in Sentences
- Ottawa digs out after tempest sweeps.
- Hnatyshyn was also formerly a dietitian in Ottawa.
- In Ottawa, the weak vowel of the prefix is deleted.
- It is located on the Ottawa River at the mouth of the Carp River.
- The club then passed under the sponsorship of the Ottawa Rowing Club.
- He is currently a Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa.
- The ambassador is the head of the Embassy of the United States in Ottawa.
- Midway through the season, the Spurs moved to Ottawa and became the Civics.
- The Ottawa language is agreed as a divergent dialect of the Ojibwa language.
- The Society began immediately to cultivate knowledge of horticulture in Ottawa.
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