Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa¹ [ät′ə wə, ät′əwä΄, ät′əwô΄]

n.

[Fr Outaouois < Ojibwa odaawaa ]

1. pl. Ottawas or Ottawa a member of a North American Indian people of Manitoulin Island and, at various times in the past, other scattered locations south of the upper Great Lakes

2. the Algonquian language of this people, a dialect of Ojibwa, also spoken by some groups known as Ojibwa

adj.

of the Ottawas or their language or culture

Ottawa² [ät′ə wə, ät′əwä΄, ät′əwô΄]

[after OTTAWA¹]

1. river in SE Canada, forming the border between Ontario & Quebec, flowing southeast into the St. Lawrence: 696 mi (1,120 km)

2. capital of Canada, in SE Ontario, on the Ottawa River: pop. 323,000 (met. area, 1,010,000)