Ohio
English
Map of US highlighting Ohio
Etymology
From Seneca Ohi:yoʼ, a proper name derived from ohi:yo:h (“good river”).[1] 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.[2]
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /oʊˈhaɪoʊ/, /əˈhaɪoʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈhaɪəʊ/, /əʊˈhʌɪəʊ/
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun
Ohio
- A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Columbus.
- A river in the United States, flowing 981 miles from the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela at Pittsburgh into the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois.
- A locale in the United States; named for the state.
- A town in New York.
- A village in Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Texas.
- A locale in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Derived terms
- OH
- Ohioan
- Ohio City
- Ohio County
Translations
U.S. state
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river
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See also
| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
References
- Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. page 344. →ISBN.
- The National Magazine: A Monthly Journal of American History (1885)
Catalan
Danish
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [oˈhio]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -io
- Hyphenation: O‧hi‧o
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈohɑi̯o/, [ˈo̞ɦɑi̯o̞]
Declension
| Inflection of Ohio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ohio | — | |
| genitive | Ohion | — | |
| partitive | Ohiota | — | |
| illative | Ohioon | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Ohio | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Ohio | — |
| gen. | Ohion | ||
| genitive | Ohion | — | |
| partitive | Ohiota | — | |
| inessive | Ohiossa | — | |
| elative | Ohiosta | — | |
| illative | Ohioon | — | |
| adessive | Ohiolla | — | |
| ablative | Ohiolta | — | |
| allative | Ohiolle | — | |
| essive | Ohiona | — | |
| translative | Ohioksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Ohiotta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Ohio (type valtio) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Ohioni | Ohiomme |
| 2nd person | Ohiosi | Ohionne |
| 3rd person | Ohionsa | |
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈhaɪ̯o/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Ohio n (proper noun, genitive Ohios or (optionally with an article) Ohio)
- Ohio (a state of the United States)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈa.jo/[1]
- Rhymes: -ajo
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Ohio, from Seneca ohiːyoʼ, a proper name derived from ohiːyoːh (“good river”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔˈxa.jɔ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ajɔ
- Syllabification: O‧hi‧o
Proper noun
Ohio n (indeclinable)
- Ohio (a state of the United States)
- Ohio (a river in the United States)
Portuguese
Romanian
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈoɦio]
Proper noun
Ohio n (genitive singular Ohia, declension pattern of mesto)
- Ohio (a state of the United States)
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