Ottawa

Meaning

Name

1. An Algonquian people closely related to the Ojibwe; also spelt Ottowa.
2. The Ottawa dialect of Ojibwe; also spelt Odawa or Odaawaa.
3. A city in Ontario, Canada; capital city of Canada.
4. The federal government of Canada.
5. A river flowing southeast between Ontario and Quebec, Canada into the St. Lawrence River.
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13. A village, formerly a commune in the Ivory Coast.
14. A suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Noun

A member of the Ottawa people.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒtəwə/

Etymology

From Ojibwe odaawaa (“traders”)/ᐅᑡᐙ, from Proto-Algonquian *atawewa (“to trade”).

Sentences

He was a member of the Founding Board of the New Ottawa Hospital .