Ohio
English
Etymology
From Seneca ohiːyoʼ, a proper name derived from ohiːyoːh (“good river”).[1] 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.[2]
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /oʊˈhaɪoʊ/, /əˈhaɪoʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈhaɪəʊ/
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Proper noun
Ohio
- A state of the United States of America. Capital and largest city: Columbus.
- A river flowing SW from Pennsylvania to the Mississippi River in Illinois.
- A village in Illinois.
- A town in New York.
- Any of three communities in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Translations
U.S. state
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river
See also
- Appendix:Place names in Ohio
References
- Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. page 344. →ISBN.
- The National Magazine: A Monthly Journal of American History (1885)
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈhaɪ̯o/
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