Ottawa
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- proper noun
- /ˈɑːtəwə/
- Mr. Doyle is president of his own company, Doyletech, based in Ottawa, Ontario.
- Ottawa, Canada
- Ottawa, Ontario
- University of Ottawa
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Watch on YouTubeAnd in Ontario, where I lived, Ottawa borders Quebec.
- And in Ontario, where I lived, Ottawa borders Quebec.
- We traveled to Dwyer Hill, which is near Ottawa, and that's where all the selection was run all around that area.
- Last October, I opened the new Canadian Parliament and as you know, this was the first time that any sovereign had done so in Ottawa.
- And they just went to Ottawa and they parked and they honked.
- Nate Carlson from Ottawa, Canada, would like to know this.
- This is Kelly from Ottawa, Canada and here is your best brushes.
- And she's living in Ottawa, up in the north, and she's being brought down there.
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Zeke had a friend outside Ottawa with whom they could stay for a while.
Fiction book (2001) -
What time do the buses leave tomorrow for Ottawa, the capital of Canada?
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I am from Ottawa, which is in Canada.
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And then I went to Ottawa instead.
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Maybe things would be better in Ottawa than in New York.
Fiction book (2000) -
Cam is moving back to Ottawa and then to LA.
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I'm going back home in Ottawa, Canada.
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They've essentially shut down downtown Ottawa for two weeks now.
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I remember him taking me to an office in Ottawa and registering me as a British citizen.
Fiction book (1994) -
I'm from Ottawa.
Compounds
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A large river in eastern Canada that forms part of the border between Quebec and Ontario
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ottawa takes its name from the Ottawa people. Their name comes from an old Indigenous word odawa meaning 'to trade', so the city's name reminds us it was once a busy place for trading.