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Ottawa
[ ot-uh-wuh ]
noun
- a city in and the capital of Canada, in southeastern Ontario.
- a river in southeastern Canada, flowing southeast along the boundary between Ontario and Quebec into the St. Lawrence River at Montreal. 685 miles (1,105 kilometers) long.
- a city in northeastern Illinois, southwest of Chicago.
- a town in eastern Kansas.
- Also called ··ɲ [od, -, uh, -w, uh]. a member of a tribe of Algonquian people of Canada, forced into the Lake Superior and Lake Michigan regions by the Iroquois confederacy.
- Also called ··ɲ. the Ojibwe language as used by the Ottawa.
Ottawa
/ ˈɒəə /
noun
- 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)
Word History and Origins
Origin of Ottawa1
Example Sentences
Throughout the election, Singh called on Canadians to vote for his party's candidates so they can act as a check on power in Ottawa.
The ballot boxes are then flown to Iqaluit, and then to Ottawa.
She described the current union as "broken", and believes a referendum, or the threat of it, will give Albertans "leverage" in future negotiations with Ottawa.
Nanci Burns, a retired social worker who was born in the U.S. and spent years with family in California before moving to Ottawa, said she’s stunned by the transformation in public sentiment.
Leaders in Canada, the second largest U.S. trading partner, have said Ottawa will react swiftly to any new tariff actions.
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