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
Kentukio ∙ Okcidenta Virginio

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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