Ottawa
pronunciation
How to pronounce Ottawa in British English:
UK [ˈɒtəwə]
How to pronounce Ottawa in American English:
US [ˈɑtəˌwɑ]
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- Noun:
- a member of the Algonquian people of southern Ontario
- the capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec)
Word Origin
- Ottawa
- Canadian capital, founded 1827 as Bytown, named for English officer John By, who oversaw construction of the canal there; renamed 1854, when it became capital, for the Ottawa River, which took its name from the Algonquian people who lived in Michigan and Ontario. Their name is said to be from adawe "to trade."
Example
- 1. Sales were brisk at an ottawa bookshop .
- 2. Ottawa ultimately approved both deals .
- 3. Mr flaherty said these transfers would end bickering between ottawa and the provinces .
- 4. Her portrait has replaced canadian paintings in the lobby of the foreign-affairs building in ottawa .
- 5. In ottawa , canadian officials indicated they had not ruled out joining the case .