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Ottawa.

A city in Ontario, Canada; the capital city of Canada.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

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name/ˈɒtəwə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɑtəwə/General-American[ˈɑɾəwə]General-American/ˈɑtəˌwɑ/General-American

  1. A city in Ontario, Canada; the capital city of Canada.

  2. A city in Ontario, Canada; the capital city of Canada. The federal government of Canada.

    metonymically · synecdoche

  3. A river flowing southeast between Ontario and Quebec, Canada into the St. Lawrence River.

  4. A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of LaSalle County, Illinois.

  5. A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Kansas.

  6. A number of places in the United States: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.

  7. A number of places in the United States: A village, the county seat of Putnam County, Ohio.

  8. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Ottawa County, Oklahoma.

  9. A number of places in the United States: A town and unincorporated community in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.

  10. A number of places in the United States: Some other townships, listed under Ottawa Township.

  11. A village and former commune of Ivory Coast.

  12. A suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

  13. An Algonquian people closely related to the Ojibwe.

  14. The Ottawa language (may be considered a dialect of Ojibwe).

Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈɒtəwə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɑtəwə/General-American[ˈɑɾəwə]General-American/ˈɑtəˌwɑ/General-American

  1. A member of the Ottawa people.

Where this word comes from

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

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