Ottawa

See also: Òttawa

English

Etymology

Said to be from Ojibwe odaawaa (“traders”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒtəwə/

Proper noun

Ottawa

1. An Algonquian people closely related to the Ojibwe; also spelt Ottowa.
2. The Ottawa dialect of Ojibwe; also spelt Odawa or Odaawaa.
3. The capital of Canada, located in the province of Ontario.
4. (by synecdoche) The government of Canada.
   • 2005, "Ottawa, carmakers reach Kyoto deal", CBC News, 5 April 2005:

     New vehicles will cut emissions by 5.3 megatonnes by 2010 as part of Ottawa's plans to meet Canada's Kyoto targets.

   • 2006, "Literacy groups demand $17M back from Ottawa", CBC News, 4 October 2006:

     Literacy groups across the country demanded Wednesday that Ottawa put back the $17.7 million it cut from adult literacy programs last week.

   • 2008, "Ottawa boosting aid to Afghanistan by $550 million", CBC News, 10 June 2008:

     Ottawa announced the mission in Afghanistan will have a greater focus on reconstruction, development and security training, with an increase in aid of more than a half a billion dollars.

5. A river flowing SE between Ontario and Quebec into the St. Lawrence River.
6. A city in Illinois, and the county seat of LaSalle County.
7. A city in Kansas, and the county seat of Franklin County.
8. A village in Ohio, and the county seat of Putnam County.

Synonyms

• (capital of Canada): National Capital Region, NCR, Ottawa-Hull, Ottawa-Gatineau (biprovincial metropolitan region)

Coordinate terms

• (capital of Canada): Hull, Gatineau, Mega-Gatineau (twin city on opposite bank of river)

Derived terms

• Ottawa County
• Ottawa-Hull
• Ottawa-Gatineau
• Mega-Ottawa

Related terms

• Ottawan
• Outaouais

Translations

Native American people

• Catalan: ottawes
• French: Outaouais (fr)
• German: Odawa

• Ojibwe: Odaawaag pl, Anishinaabeg pl
• Ottawa: Nishnaabeg pl, Daawaag pl
• Potawatomi: Odawak pl, Neshnabék pl

capital of Canada

• Arabic: أُوتَاوَا‎ f (ʾutāwā)
• Armenian: Օտտավա (Ōttava)
• Belarusian: Ата́ва f (Atáva)
• Bulgarian: Ота́ва f (Otáva)
• Catalan: Ottawa
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 渥太華, 渥太华 (ak¹ taai³ waa⁴)

  Mandarin: 渥太華 (zh), 渥太华 (zh) (Wòtàihuá)

• Czech: Ottawa (cs) f
• Danish: Ottawa
• Dutch: Ottawa (nl)
• Esperanto: Otavo (eo)
• Estonian: Ottawa
• Finnish: Ottawa (fi)
• French: Ottawa (fr) m, Outaouais (fr) m (1, 4)
• Galician: Otava (gl) f
• Georgian: ოტავა (oṭava)
• German: Ottawa (de)
• Greek: Οττάβα (el) f (Ottáva)
• Hebrew: אוטווה‎
• Hindi: ओटावा (ōṭāvā)
• Inuktitut: ᐊᑦᑖᕙ (attaava)

• Italian: Ottawa (it)
• Japanese: オタワ (Otawa)
• Korean: 오타와 (Otawa)
• Macedonian: Ота́ва f (Otáva)
• Maltese: Ottawa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Ottawa

  Nynorsk: Ottawa

• Ojibwe: ^{(please verify)} ᐅᑖᐙ (odaawaa)
• Ottawa: Daawaa
• Persian: اتاوا‎ (otâvâ)
• Polish: Ottawa (pl) f
• Portuguese: Otava (pt) f, Ottawa (pt) f
• Potawatomi: Odawa
• Romanian: Ottawa (ro)
• Russian: Отта́ва (ru) f (Ottáva)
• Slovak: Ottawa f
• Slovene: Ottawa f
• Spanish: Ottawa (es)
• Swedish: Ottawa (sv)
• Thai: ออตตาวา (òt-dtaa-waa)
• Ukrainian: Отта́ва f (Ottáva)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Ottawa terms

Noun

Ottawa (plural Ottawas)

1. A member of the Ottawa people.

Translations

a member of the Ottawa people

• Catalan: ottawa, ottawes pl
• French: outaouais (fr)
• German: Odawa
• Menominee: Atāwāw

• Ojibwe: Odaawaa, Odaawaag pl, Anishinaabe, Anishinaabeg pl
• Ottawa: Nishnaabe, Nishnaabeg pl, Daawaa, Daawaag pl
• Potawatomi: Odawa, Odawak pl, Neshnabé, Neshnabék pl

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Danish

Proper noun

Ottawa

1. Ottawa (capital city of Canada)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Ottawa n

1. Ottawa (capital city of Canada)

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French

Etymology

From English Ottawa, ultimately from Ojibwe odaawaa (“traders”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ta.wa/

• Audio (CAN)

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Proper noun

Ottawa

1. Ottawa (capital city of Canada)

Synonyms

• Région de la capitale nationale, RCN, Ottawa-Hull, Ottawa-Gatineau (biprovincial metropolitan region)

Coordinate terms

• Hull, Gatineau, Méga-Gatineau (twin city on opposite bank of river)

Derived terms

• Ottawa-Hull
• Ottawa-Gatineau
• Méga-Ottawa

Related terms

• Outaouais

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German

Proper noun

Ottawa n (genitive Ottawas)

1. Ottawa (capital city of Canada)

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Italian

Proper noun

Ottawa f

1. Ottawa (capital city of Canada)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Ottawa

1. Ottawa (capital of Canada)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Ottawa

1. Ottawa (capital of Canada)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.ˈtaw.ɐ/

Proper noun

Ottawa f

1. Alternative form of Otava

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈta.wa/
• IPA^(key): /oˈta.ɣwa/

Proper noun

Ottawa ?

1. Ottawa (capital city of Canada)

Further reading

• “Ottawa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swedish

Proper noun

Ottawa n (genitive Ottawas)

1. Ottawa (capital city of Canada)