Ottawa

alternative Odawa · alternative Odaawaa · alternative Ottowa

1. A city in Ontario, Canada; the capital city of Canada.

   It makes sense that one of Canada’s most celebrated authors was born in the country’s capital. Atwood was born and raised in Ottawa until the age of six when her family moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and then Toronto.

   2017 March 31, Isabelle Khoo, “21 Of The Coolest People Who Were Born Or Raised In Ottawa”, in The Huffington Post, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2024

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   And of course, in July 1967 De Gaulle did come to Canada. He made his speeches in Quebec, was enthusiastically received on the Chemin du Roy, shouted “Vive le Quebec libre” in Montreal and, on learning of the reaction of the Canadian government, returned to Paris without going to Ottawa.

   1996, Eldon Black, “Prologue: 1960-1967”, in Direct Intervention: Canada-France Relations, 1967-1974, Carleton University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 9

   1. metonymicallysynecdocheThe federal government of Canada.

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

      2005 April 5, “Ottawa, carmakers reach Kyoto deal”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2020

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

      2006 October 4, “Literacy groups demand $17M back from Ottawa”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2023

      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.

      2008 June 10, “Ottawa boosting aid to Afghanistan by $550 million”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2023

2. A river flowing southeast between Ontario and Quebec, Canada into the St. Lawrence River.

   Synonyms: Kichi Sipi, Kitchissippi

3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city, the county seat of LaSalle County, Illinois.
   2. A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Kansas.
   3. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
   4. A village, the county seat of Putnam County, Ohio.
   5. An unincorporated community in Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
   6. A town and unincorporated community in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
   7. Some other townships, listed under Ottawa Township.
4. A village and former commune of Ivory Coast.
5. A suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
6. An Algonquian people closely related to the Ojibwe.
7. The Ottawa language (may be considered a dialect of Ojibwe).

plural Ottawas · alternative Odawa · alternative Odaawaa · alternative Ottowa

1. A member of the Ottawa people.

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   The Anishinaabe people are American Indians who have historically been associated with the Great Lakes region of what is now called Canada and the United States. The Anishinaabe people of the Great Lakes include the Odawas (also known as the Ottawas), the Chippewas (also known as the Ojibwes), and the Potawatomis (also known as the Bodéwadmis)—three interrelated groups that are sometimes collectively referred to as the Three Fires Confederacy. […] The Bureau also noted a decline in the number reported as Ottawa between 1910 and 1930 and went on to observe that the significant number of Michigan Natives “with tribe not reported in Emmet, Charlevoix, and Leelanau Counties……should probably be added to the number of Ottawa” (Census Bureau 1937, page 38).

   2022 May 5, Arland Thornton, Alphonse Pitawanakwat, Eric Hemenway, Lindsey Willow Smith, Linda Young DeMarco, Anishinaabe Geography in the 1930 Decennial Census—and the Use of this Geography in Studying the 1900-1940 Attributes of Anishinaabe People, pages 4, 18