Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: ottawa
IPA transcription: ['ɑtəw,ɑ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Ottawa, Canadian_capital, capital_of_Canada
    Meaning: the capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec)
  • Synonyms: Outaouais, Ottawa, Ottawa_river
    Meaning: a river in southeastern Canada that flows along the boundary between Quebec and Ontario to the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal
  • Synonyms: Ottawa
    Meaning: a member of the Algonquian people of southern Ontario
Usage examples
  • The fugitives directed their course to the Grand Manitoulin Island, where they remained for a short time, and then, to the number of about four hundred, descended the Ottawa, and rejoined their countrymen who had gone to Quebec the year before.