Ohio

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)

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Proper noun

Ohio

1. A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Columbus.
2. 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.
3. A locale in the United States; named for the state.
   1. A town in New York.
   2. A village in Illinois.
   3. An unincorporatedcommunity in Mississippi.
   4. An unincorporatedcommunity in Texas.
4. A locale in Nova Scotia, Canada.
   1. A community in Antigonish.
   2. A community in Digby.
   3. A community in Yarmouth.

Derived terms

• OH
• Ohioan
• Ohio City
• Ohio County

Translations

U.S. state

Arabic: أُوهَايُو‎ m (ʾuhāyū) Armenian: Օհայո (Ōhayo) Belarusian: Ага́ё m (Ahájo) Bengali: ওহাইও (bn) (ohaio) Bulgarian: Оха́йо (Ohájo) Chinese: Mandarin: 俄亥俄 (zh) (Éhài'é) Czech: Ohio (cs) n Danish: Ohio Esperanto: Ohio Finnish: Ohio (fi) Galician: Ohio (gl) m Georgian: ოჰაიო (ohaio) German: Ohio (de) Greek: Οχάιο (el) (Ocháio) Hawaiian: ʻOhaio Hebrew: אוהיו‎ (he) Hindi: ओहायो (ohāyo) Italian: Ohio (it) m Japanese: オハイオ (Ohaio), オハイオ州 (Ohaio-shū) Khmer: រដ្ឋអូហៃយ៉ូ (roat oohayoo), អូហៃយ៉ូ (ʼouhayyou) Korean: 오하이오 (Ohaio) Latvian: Ohaio m Lithuanian: Ohajas Macedonian: Оха́јо n (Ohájo) Malayalam: ഒഹായോ (ohāyō) Mingo: (please verify) Uhíyu' Navajo: Oohááyoo hahoodzo Oriya: ଓହିଓ (ohio) Persian: اوهایو‎ Polish: Ohio (pl) n Portuguese: Ohio (pt) m Punjabi: ਓਹਾਇਓ (ohāio) Russian: Ога́йо (ru) m (Ogájo) Samogitian: Ohajos Serbo-Croatian: Охајо, Ohajo Spanish: Ohio (es) m Thai: โอไฮโอ (oo-hai-ôo) Turkish: Ohio Ukrainian: Ога́йо m (Ohájo) Urdu: اوہائیو‎ Uyghur: ئوخايو‎ (oxayo) Vietnamese: Ohio (vi) Wyandot: (please verify) Ohezuhyeandawa Yiddish: אָהײַאָ‎ (ohayo)

river

Armenian: Օհայո (Ōhayo) Czech: Ohio (cs) n Finnish: Ohio (fi) German: Ohio (de) Japanese: (please verify) オハイオ川 (Ohaio-gawa) Macedonian: Оха́јо n (Ohájo) Mingo: (please verify) Uhíyu' Polish: Ohio (pl) n Portuguese: Ohio (pt) m Russian: Ога́йо (ru) m (Ogájo) Spanish: Ohio (es) m Thai: โอไฮโอ (oo-hai-ôo) Vietnamese: sông Ohio Wyandot: (please verify) Ohezuhyeandawa

See also

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)

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

1. Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. page 344. →ISBN.
2. The National Magazine: A Monthly Journal of American History (1885)

Anagrams

• IOOH

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Catalan

Proper noun

Ohio m

1. Ohio (a state of the United States)

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ohio.

Proper noun

Ohio (genitive Ohios)

1. Ohio (a state of the United States)

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Esperanto

Etymology

From English Ohio, from Seneca ohiːyoʼ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oˈhio]
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: O‧hi‧o

Proper noun

Ohio (accusative Ohion)

1. Ohio (a state of the United States)

See also

	Miĉigano
Indianao		Pensilvanio
	Kentukio ∙ Okcidenta Virginio

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Ohio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈohɑi̯o/, [ˈo̞ɦɑi̯o̞]

Proper noun

Ohio

1. Ohio (a state of the United States)

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

Anagrams

• hioo, ohoi

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ohio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈhaɪ̯o/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Ohio n (proper noun, genitive Ohios or (optionally with an article) Ohio)

1. Ohio (a state of the United States)

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ohio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈa.jo/[1]
• Rhymes: -ajo

Proper noun

Ohio m

1. Ohio (a state of the United States)

References

1. Ohio in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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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)

1. Ohio (a state of the United States)
2. Ohio (a river in the United States)

Further reading

• Ohio in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Ohio in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Ohio m

1. Ohio (a state of the United States)
2. Ohio (a river in the United States)

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Romanian

Proper noun

Ohio n

1. Ohio (a state of the United States)

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoɦio]

Proper noun

Ohio n (genitive singular Ohia, declension pattern of mesto)

1. Ohio (a state of the United States)

References

• Ohio in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Spanish

Proper noun

Ohio m

1. Ohio (a state of the United States)

Derived terms

• ohioano
• ohionés

Further reading

• Ohio on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es