Idaho
pronunciation
How to pronounce Idaho in British English:
UK [ˈaidəhəu]
How to pronounce Idaho in American English:
US [ˈaɪdəˌho]
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- Noun:
- a state in the Rocky Mountains
Word Origin
- Idaho
- c. 1860, as a place name, originally applied to part of what is now eastern Colorado (Idaho Territory organized 1863; admitted as a state 1890); from Kiowa-Apache (Athabaskan) idaahe "enemy," a name applied by them to the Comanches.
Example
- 1. The storm closed highways in idaho and wyoming .
- 2. Idaho followed suit a week later .
- 3. The closest bedrock exposures of similar rock lie in northwestern idaho .
- 4. Officials in idaho will meet later this month to decide on their quota .
- 5. For all the hoo-ha , evidence to justify idaho 's lupine anxiety is underwhelming .