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Ohio (ō hī′ō)

  1. Etymology: < Fr < Iroquoian, lit., fine (or large) river

    river formed by the junction of the Monongahela & the Allegheny at Pittsburgh, flowing southwestward into the Mississippi: 981 mi (1,579 km)
  2. (ō hī′ō)
    Midwestern state of the NC U.S.: admitted, 1803; 40,948 sq mi (106,056 sq km); pop. 11,353,000; cap. Columbus: abbrev. OH or O

    Etymology: after the river

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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