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Definition of Ottawa

1. Noun. A member of the Algonquian people of southern Ontario.

2. Noun. A river in southeastern Canada that flows along the boundary between Quebec and Ontario to the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal.

3. Noun. The capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec).

Definition of Ottawa

1. Proper noun. An Algonquian people closely related to the Ojibwe; also spelt Ottowa. ¹

2. Proper noun. The Ottawa dialect of Ojibwe; also spelt Odawa or Odaawaa. ¹

3. Proper noun. The capital of Canada, located in the province of Ontario. ¹

4. Proper noun. A river flowing SE between Ontario and Quebec into the St. Lawrence River. ¹

5. Proper noun. A city in Illinois. ¹

6. Proper noun. A town in Ohio. ¹

7. Noun. A member of the Ottawa people. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ottawa

Othmans Otho I Otides Otididae Otis Otis Skinner Otis tarda Oto Otobius Otoe

Otomanguean Otomi Otsu Otsukimi Ottawa (current term) Ottawan Ottawans Ottawas Otter Ottmar Mergenthaler

Otto Otto's disease Otto Frisch Otto Fritz Meyerhof Otto Hahn Otto Heinrich Warburg Otto I Otto Jespersen Otto Loewi

Literary usage of Ottawa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the Canadian Forestry Association by Canadian Forestry Association (1900)
"The Fourth Annual Meeting of the Canadian Forestry Association was held »t Ottawa, in the City Council Chamber, on Thursday and Friday, the and 6th of March ..."

2. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1920)
"Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Ottawa, Ont. William Mclntosh, St. John, NB Dr. AH MacKay, Dartmouth, NS Charles Macnamara, Arnprior, Ont. Manitoba University Library, ..."

3. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1898)
"CE Hook, Ottawa. Executive Committee — GD Shaver, Ottawa; Senator Sawyer, Streator; ... "Milk as a Factor in the Cause of Disease," Dr. WF Weese, Ottawa. ..."

4. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada: Déliberations by Royal Society of Canada (1908)
"William White, though in his seventy-fourth year, is at present an energetic member of the Ottawa Public School Board. By decision of the members of the ..."

5. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"Brief description of the General excursion to Ottawa Nat,, 19, 1905, Bailey, ... Surface geology of North Western New Brunswick Ottawa, Sum. Rep. Geol. ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The Diocese of Ottawa, erected in 1847, became an archdiocese in 1886. The Province has now seven suffragan sees, Hamilton, London, Pembroke, ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Six miles above the city of Ottawa the rapids begin, which terminate in the ... The Ottawa is navigable from its junction with the Saint Lawrence to the ..."

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