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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ot•ta•wa (ot′ə wə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -was, (esp. collectively) -wa for 5.- Place Namesa city in and the capital of Canada, in SE Ontario. 304,462.
- Place Namesa river in SE Canada, flowing SE along the boundary between Ontario and Quebec into the St. Lawrence at Montreal. 685 mi. (1105 km) long.
- Place Namesa city in NE Illinois, SW of Chicago. 18,166.
- Place Namesa town in E Kansas. 11,016.
- Language Varietiesa member of a tribe of Algonquian Indians of Canada, forced into the Lake Superior and Lake Michigan regions by the Iroquois confederacy.
- Language Varietiesthe Ojibwa language as used by the Ottawa Indians.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Ottawa /ˈɒtəwə/ n - the capital of Canada, in E Ontario on the Ottawa River: name changed from Bytown to Ottawa in 1854. Pop: 774 072 (2001)
- a river in central Canada, rising in W Quebec and flowing west, then southeast to join the St Lawrence River as its chief tributary at Montreal; forms the border between Quebec and Ontario for most of its length. Length: 1120 km (696 miles)
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