The story
- Seneca · borrowed fromohiːyoʼ
- English todayOhio River
From Seneca ohiːyoʼ, a proper name derived from ohiːyoːh (“good river”), itself already containing the term "river" in Seneca. See more at Ohio.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ohio River
Today it means: A major river in the United States, flowing 981 miles from the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela at Pittsburgh into the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois. Full definition →
Seneca ohiːyoʼ