Associations to the word «Ottawa»

Wiktionary

OTTAWA, proper noun. An Algonquian people closely related to the Ojibwe; also spelt Ottowa.
OTTAWA, proper noun. The Ottawa dialect of Ojibwe; also spelt Odawa or Odaawaa.
OTTAWA, proper noun. The capital of Canada, located in the province of Ontario.
OTTAWA, proper noun. (by synecdoche) The government of Canada.
OTTAWA, proper noun. A river flowing SE between Ontario and Quebec into the St. Lawrence River.
OTTAWA, proper noun. A city in Illinois.
OTTAWA, proper noun. A town in Ohio.
OTTAWA, noun. A member of the Ottawa people.

Dictionary definition

OTTAWA, noun. A member of the Algonquian people of southern Ontario.
OTTAWA, noun. A river in southeastern Canada that flows along the boundary between Quebec and Ontario to the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal.
OTTAWA, noun. The capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec).

Wise words

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