Ohio River
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2.6
- proper noun
- /oʊˈhaɪoʊ ˈrɪvər/
:
río Ohio
- The Ohio River flows through several states, providing a vital waterway for transportation and commerce.
Examples
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In the rundown former steel towns along the Ohio River, natural gas is spurring hopes of an industrial renaissance.
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Bordering Kentucky, the southern portion of Indiana's Hoosier National Forest consists of rugged, rocky, hilly terrain with picturesque streams that eventually empty into the Ohio River.
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We went to the Ohio River and did a run yesterday; that was really nice.
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The fifth annual Ohio River Sweep took place early this summer, and this year's efforts included education.
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" Finally, they came to the last great obstacle, the wide Ohio River."
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From Pittsburgh to Saint Louis, there was only one sensible way to go: by boat down the Ohio River.
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Steel mills once lined the Ohio River here, but little of the industry survives.
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They demanded the return of their lands north of the Ohio River.
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The town's port on the Ohio River at one point had been the busiest in the Midwest, but that had started to change.
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There is, for example, a particularly beautiful park in downtown Gallipolis, Ohio, where one can sit by the Ohio River and look across at West Virginia.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
A large river in the eastern United States that flows into the Mississippi River
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a toponym formed by place name + generic noun (Ohio + river), so a learner who knows the place name 'Ohio' and the word 'river' can directly infer it denotes the river named Ohio. The noun-noun naming pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows ordinary compositional semantics, making the meaning immediately accessible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Ohio River may come from a Native American word 'ohiiyo' meaning 'good river' or 'large creek'. So, the name fits today because the Ohio is a big river that flows west and joins the Mississippi.