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Ottawa

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɒtəwə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ot′ə wə)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Ot•ta•wa  (ot′ə wə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -was, (esp. collectively) -wa for 5.
  1. Place Namesa city in and the capital of Canada, in SE Ontario. 304,462.
  2. 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.
  3. Place Namesa city in NE Illinois, SW of Chicago. 18,166.
  4. Place Namesa town in E Kansas. 11,016.
  5. Language Varietiesa member of a tribe of Algonquian Indians of Canada, forced into the Lake Superior and Lake Michigan regions by the Iroquois confederacy.
  6. Language Varietiesthe Ojibwa language as used by the Ottawa Indians.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Ottawa /ˈɒtəwə/ n
  1. the capital of Canada, in E Ontario on the Ottawa River: name changed from Bytown to Ottawa in 1854. Pop: 1 325 846 (2015 est)
  2. 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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