Ottawa Definition & Meaning

ottawa
noun
  1. a member of the Algonquian people of southern Ontario
  2. a river in southeastern Canada that flows along the boundary between Quebec and Ontario to the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal
  3. the capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec)

"Ottawa" in song lyrics

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Words that rhyme with ottawa

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