Ottawa Definition

ŏtə-wə, -wä, -wô
ottawas
noun
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.
Webster's New World
The Algonquian language of this people, a dialect of Ojibwa, also spoken by some groups known as Ojibwa.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • ottawa river
  • Outaouais
  • capital of Canada
  • Canadian capital
adjective
Of the Ottawas or their language or culture.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Ottawa

Noun

Singular:
Ottawa
Plural:
ottawas

Origin of Ottawa

  • Ojibwa odaawaa

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ottawa Sentence Examples

  • Between the Palaeozoic area near Ottawa, and Georgian Bay to the north of the region just referred to, there is a southward projection of the Archaean protaxis consisting of granite and gneiss of the Laurentian, enclosing bands of crystalline limestone and schists, which are of interest as furnishing the only mines of "Old Ontario."

  • There is a monument at Ottawa to the 1400 soldiers from La Salle county who died in the Civil War, and among the public buildings are the County Court House, the Court House for the second district of the Illinois Appellate Court, and Reddick's Library, founded by William Reddick.

  • Ottawa was laid out in 1830, incorporated as a village in 1838 and chartered as a city in 1853.

  • Douglas, in their contest for the United States senatorship, was held at Ottawa.

  • Although the state has a great amount of limestone, especially in Erie and Ottawa counties, its dull colour renders it unsuitable for most building purposes.` It is, however, much used as a flux for melting iron and for making quick lime.

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Words Starting With

OOTOTT

Words Ending With

AWAAWA

Unscrambles

Ottawa

Words Starting With O and Ending With A

Starts With O & Ends With AStarts With OT & Ends With AStarts With O & Ends With WA

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With O6 Letter Words Ending With A