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or Odawa
plural Ottawas or Ottawa or Odawas or Odawa
: a member of an Indigenous people of Michigan and southern Ontario
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“Ottawa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ottawa. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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Ottawa
geographical name
Ot·ta·wa
ˈä-tə-wə 
-ˌwä,
-ˌwȯ
1
river 696 miles (1120 kilometers) long in southeastern Ontario and southern Quebec, Canada, flowing east into the Saint Lawrence River
2
city and capital of Canada in southeastern Ontario on the Ottawa River and the Rideau Canal population 812,129
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