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Ottawa1 definition

Ot·tawa (ät′ə wə, -wä′, -wô′)

noun

  1. pl. Ottawas -·was or Ottawa -·wa a member of a North American Indian people of Manitoulin Island and, at various times in the past, other scattered locations south of the upper Great Lakes
  2. the Algonquian language of this people, a dialect of Ojibwa, also spoken by some groups known as Ojibwa

Etymology: Fr Outaouois < Ojibwa odaawaa

adjective

of the Ottawas or their language or culture
Ottawa2 definition

Ot·tawa (ät′ə wə, -wä′, -wô′)

  1. river in SE Canada, forming the border between Ontario & Quebec, flowing southeast into the St. Lawrence: 696 mi (1,120 km)
  2. capital of Canada, in SE Ontario, on the Ottawa River: pop. 323,000 (met. area, 1,010,000)

Etymology: after Ottawa

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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