Ottawa

//ˈɒtəwə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Ontario, Canada; the capital city of Canada.

    "And of course, in July 1967 De Gaulle did come to Canada. He made his speeches in Quebec, was enthusiastically received on the Chemin du Roy, shouted “Vive le Quebec libre” in Montreal and, on learning of the reaction of the Canadian government, returned to Paris without going to Ottawa."

  2. 2
    The federal government of Canada. metonymically, synecdoche

    "New vehicles will cut emissions by 5.3 megatonnes by 2010 as part of Ottawa's plans to meet Canada's Kyoto targets."

  3. 3
    A river flowing southeast between Ontario and Quebec, Canada into the St. Lawrence River.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of LaSalle County, Illinois.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Kansas.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A township and unincorporated community therein, in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A village, the county seat of Putnam County, Ohio.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A town and unincorporated community in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; Some other townships, listed under Ottawa Township.
  6. 11
    A village and former commune of Ivory Coast.
  7. 12
    A suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  8. 13
    An Algonquian people closely related to the Ojibwe.
  9. 14
    The Ottawa language (may be considered a dialect of Ojibwe).
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the Ottawa people.

    "The Anishinaabe people are American Indians who have historically been associated with the Great Lakes region of what is now called Canada and the United States. The Anishinaabe people of the Great Lakes include the Odawas (also known as the Ottawas), the Chippewas (also known as the Ojibwes), and the Potawatomis (also known as the Bodéwadmis)—three interrelated groups that are sometimes collectively referred to as the Three Fires Confederacy. […] The Bureau also noted a decline in the number reported as Ottawa between 1910 and 1930 and went on to observe that the significant number of Michigan Natives “with tribe not reported in Emmet, Charlevoix, and Leelanau Counties……should probably be added to the number of Ottawa” (Census Bureau 1937, page 38)."

  2. 2
    a member of the Algonquian people of southern Ontario wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Ojibwe odaawaa/ᐅᑡᐙ (“an Ottawa; a trader”), from Proto-Algonquian *atawewa (“to trade”).

Etymology 2

From Ojibwe odaawaa/ᐅᑡᐙ (“an Ottawa; a trader”), from Proto-Algonquian *atawewa (“to trade”).

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