Meanings
- A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Columbus.
Mountweazel, the encyclopedia indicates, was born in Bangs, Ohio, in 1942, only to die “at 31 in an explosion while on assignment for Combustibles magazine.”
2005 August 21, Henry Alford, “Not a Word”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 20172 more examples
The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee.
2023 June 21, Haley Talbot, Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2024In the House, Reps. Josh Gottheimer, a New Jersey Democrat, Max Miller, an Ohio Republican, and Jared Moskowitz, a Florida Democrat, are also leading the effort.
2024 May 1, Clare Foran, Haley Talbot, Kristin Wilson, “House passes antisemitism bill as Johnson highlights campus protests”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2024 - A river in the United States, flowing 981 miles from the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania through Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois along state borders and emptying into the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois.
- A locale in the United States; named for the state:
- A town in Herkimer County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Texas.
- A number of townships, listed under Ohio Township.
- A locale in Canada:
- A community in Digby County, Nova Scotia.
- A community in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounEllipsis of Ohio University.
Origin
- SenecaOhi꞉yoʼ
- EnglishOhio
From Seneca Ohi꞉yoʼ, a proper name derived from ohi꞉yo꞉h (“good river”). The name of the Allegheny river, which the Lenape and Iroquois considered to be part of the same single river as the Ohio, means the same thing in Unami.
More words from Seneca
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أُوهَايُو
- أُوهَايُو (ʔuhāyū)U.S. state
Bengali ওহাইও
- ওহাইও (ōhaiō)U.S. state
Bulgarian Оха́йо, Оха́йо
- Оха́йо (Ohájo)river
- Оха́йо (Ohájo)U.S. state
Chinese Mandarin 俄亥俄
- 俄亥俄 (Éhài'é)U.S. state
Czech Ohio, Ohio
- Ohioriver
- OhioU.S. state
Danish Ohio
- OhioU.S. state
Esperanto Ohio
- OhioU.S. state
Finnish Ohio, Ohio
- Ohioriver
- OhioU.S. state
German Ohio, Ohio
- Ohioriver
- OhioU.S. state
Greek Οχάιο
- Οχάιο (Ocháio)U.S. state
Hawaiian ʻOhaio
- ʻOhaioU.S. state
Hebrew אוֹהָיוֹ
- אוֹהָיוֹ (Ohayo)U.S. state
Hindi ओहायो
- ओहायो (ohāyo)U.S. state
Italian Ohio
- OhioU.S. state
Japanese オハイオ川, オハイオ
- オハイオ川 (Ohaio-gawa)river
- オハイオ (Ohaio)U.S. state
- オハイオ州 (Ohaio-shū)U.S. state
Korean 오하이오
- 오하이오 (Ohaio)U.S. state
Latvian Ohaio
- OhaioU.S. state
Lithuanian Ohajas
- OhajasU.S. state
Persian اوهایو
- اوهایو (ohâyo)U.S. state
Polish Ohio, Ohio
- Ohioriver
- OhioU.S. state
Portuguese Ohio, Ohio
- Ohioriver
- OhioU.S. state
Punjabi ਓਹਾਇਓ
- ਓਹਾਇਓ (ohāio)U.S. state
Romanian Ohio
- OhioU.S. state
Russian Ога́йо, Ога́йо
- Ога́йо (Ogájo)river
- Ога́йо (Ogájo)U.S. state
Slovak Ohio
- OhioU.S. state
Spanish Ohio, Ohio
- Ohioriver
- OhioU.S. state
Thai โอไฮโอ, โอไฮโอ
- โอไฮโอ (oo-hai-ôo)river
- โอไฮโอ (oo-hai-ôo)U.S. state
Turkish Ohio
- OhioU.S. state
Ukrainian Ога́йо
- Ога́йо (Ohájo)U.S. state
Urdu اوہائیو
- اوہائیو (ohāyo)U.S. state
Vietnamese sông Ohio, Ohio
- sông Ohioriver
- OhioU.S. state
Yiddish אָהײַאָ
- אָהײַאָ (ohayo)U.S. state
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Ohio
All rhymes →Cite this entry
Ohio. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ohio
“Ohio.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ohio. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ohio,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ohio.
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