Ohio

English

Map of US highlighting Ohio

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

Proper noun

Ohio

  1. A state of the United States of America. Capital and largest city: Columbus.
  2. A river flowing SW from Pennsylvania to the Mississippi River in Illinois.
  3. A village in Illinois.
  4. A town in New York.
  5. Any of three communities in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Place names in Ohio

References

  1. Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. page 344. →ISBN.
  2. The National Magazine: A Monthly Journal of American History (1885)

Anagrams


Catalan

Proper noun

Ohio m

  1. Ohio

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ohio.

Proper noun

Ohio (genitive Ohios)

  1. Ohio

Esperanto

Proper noun

Ohio (accusative Ohion)

  1. Ohio

See also

Miĉigano
Indianao    Pensilvanio
KentukioOkcidenta Virginio

German

Etymology

From English Ohio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈhaɪ̯o/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Ohio n (genitive Ohios)

  1. Ohio

Portuguese

Proper noun

Ohio m

  1. Ohio (a state of the United States)
  2. Ohio (a river in the United States)

Romanian

Proper noun

Ohio n

  1. Ohio (U.S. State)

Spanish

Proper noun

Ohio m

  1. Ohio
  • ohionés

See also

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