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Ohio.

A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Columbus.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/oʊˈhaɪoʊ/General-American/əˈhaɪoʊ/General-American/əˈhaɪəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/əʊˈhʌɪəʊ/Received-Pronunciation

  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.

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  4. A locale in the United States; named for the state: A town in Herkimer County, New York.

  5. A locale in the United States; named for the state: A village in Illinois.

  6. A locale in the United States; named for the state: An unincorporated community in Mississippi.

  7. A locale in the United States; named for the state: An unincorporated community in Texas.

  8. A locale in the United States; named for the state: A number of townships, listed under Ohio Township.

  9. A locale in Canada: A community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia.

  10. A locale in Canada: A community in Digby County, Nova Scotia.

  11. A locale in Canada: A community in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.

Where this word comes from

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.

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