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Ottawa

[ ot-uh-wuh ]

noun

plural Ottawas, (especially collectively) Ottawa
  1. a city in and the capital of Canada, in southeastern Ontario.
  2. a river in southeastern Canada, flowing southeast along the boundary between Ontario and Quebec into the St. Lawrence River at Montreal. 685 miles (1,105 kilometers) long.
  3. a city in northeastern Illinois, southwest of Chicago.
  4. a town in eastern Kansas.
  5. Also called ··ɲ [od, -, uh, -w, uh]. a member of a tribe of Algonquian people of Canada, forced into the Lake Superior and Lake Michigan regions by the Iroquois confederacy.
  6. Also called ··ɲ. the Ojibwe language as used by the Ottawa.


Ottawa

/ ˈɒəə /

noun

  1. the capital of Canada, in E Ontario on the Ottawa River: name changed from Bytown to Ottawa in 1854. Pop: 774 072 (2001)
  2. a river in central Canada, rising in W Quebec and flowing west, then southeast to join the St Lawrence River as its chief tributary at Montreal; forms the border between Quebec and Ontario for most of its length. Length: 1120 km (696 miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Ottawa

  1. Capital of Canada , located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa River from Quebec .
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ottawa1

First recorded in 1660–70; from French Outaouan, or directly from Ojibwe ٲ·ɲ· “t”
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She described the current union as "broken", and believes a referendum, or the threat of it, will give Albertans "leverage" in future negotiations with Ottawa.

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Nanci Burns, a retired social worker who was born in the U.S. and spent years with family in California before moving to Ottawa, said she’s stunned by the transformation in public sentiment.

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Leaders in Canada, the second largest U.S. trading partner, have said Ottawa will react swiftly to any new tariff actions.

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Speaking to reporters in Ottawa after a cabinet meeting, Carney said Canadians must "fundamentally reimagine our economy" in the face of US President Donald Trump's tariffs.

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Speaking in Ottawa on Sunday, Carney said he needed a clear, positive mandate to deal with Trump.

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