Meanings
- A state in the western United States. Capital and largest city: Boise.
Oregon’s uptick in marijuana sales along the Idaho border doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s all Idahoans who are lighting up, Lehner said.
2020 January 20, Harmeet Kaur, “Marijuana sales on the Oregon-Idaho border are 420% higher than average, an analysis finds. Yes, you read that right”, in CNN - An unincorporated community in Pike County, Ohio, United States, named for Idaho Territory.
- University of Idaho
plural Idahos
- In full Idaho potato: a variety of potato grown in Idaho, especially the Russet Burbank.
Origin
- apkídaahȩ́“Comanche”
- EnglishIdaho
Uncertain; possibly from Plains Apache ídaahȩ́ (“Comanche”), though the Oxford English Dictionary states that the development of the state’s name from that word remains undocumented. The name Idaho was said to have been considered around 1860 for what was eventually called the Colorado Territory (now the state of Colorado) in 1861, and in 1863 was given to Idaho County (now part of Idaho); the county was named after a steamship launched on the Columbia River in 1860. The eccentric political lobbyist George Maurice Willing, Jr. (c. 1829 – 1874) claimed to have coined the name after a girl named Ida, though saying it was a Shoshoni term meaning “gem of the mountains” (no such term exists), but evidence suggests that there was use of the name in Colorado pre-dating Willing’s arrival in the West in 1859. The common noun (“type of potato”) is derived from the name of the state.
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Catalan Idaho
- Idahostate of the United States
Chinese Mandarin 愛達荷 /爱达荷
- 愛達荷 /爱达荷 (Àidáhé)state of the United States
Czech Idaho
- Idahostate of the United States
Danish Idaho
- Idahostate of the United States
Esperanto Idaho
- Idahostate of the United States
Finnish Idaho
- Idahostate of the United States
French Idaho
- Idahostate of the United States
German Idaho
- Idahostate of the United States
Greek Αϊντάχο
- Αϊντάχο (Aïntácho)state of the United States
Hebrew אידהו
- אידהוstate of the United States
Hindi इडाहो
- इडाहो (iḍāho)state of the United States
Hungarian Idaho
- Idahostate of the United States
Italian Idaho
- Idahostate of the United States
Japanese アイダホ州
- アイダホ州 (Aidaho shū)state of the United States
Korean 아이다호
- 아이다호 (Aidaho)state of the United States
Latvian Aidaho
- Aidahostate of the United States
Lithuanian Aidahas
- Aidahasstate of the United States
Persian آیداهو
- آیداهو (âydâho)state of the United States
Polish Idaho
- Idahostate of the United States
Portuguese Idaho
- Idahostate of the United States
Russian Айда́хо
- Айда́хо (Ajdáxo)state of the United States
Slovak Idaho
- Idahostate of the United States
Spanish Idaho
- Idahostate of the United States
Thai ไอดาโฮ
- ไอดาโฮ (ai-daa-hoo)state of the United States
Turkish Idaho
- Idahostate of the United States
Ukrainian А́йдаго
- А́йдаго (Ájdaho)state of the United States
Yiddish אײַדאַהאָ
- אײַדאַהאָ (aydaho)state of the United States
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Cite this entry
Idaho. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Idaho
“Idaho.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Idaho. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Idaho,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Idaho.
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