Ohio
UK/əˈhaɪəʊ//oʊˈhaɪoʊ/
Ohio proper noun: a state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Columbus. Also the ellipsis of Ohio University.
Proper noun
Ohio
- A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Columbus.
- Mountweazel, the encyclopedia indicates, was born in Bangs, Ohio, in 1942, only to die “at 31 in an explosion while on assignment for Combustibles magazine.”2005 August 21, Henry Alford, “Not a Word”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2017
- The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present...2023 June 21, Haley Talbot, Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2024
- A river in the United States, flowing 981 miles from the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania through Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois along state borders and emptying into the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois.
- A town in Herkimer County, New York.
- A village in Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Texas.
- A number of townships, listed under Ohio Township.
- A community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia.
- A community in Digby County, Nova Scotia.
- A community in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
Also used as
Ohio is also the ellipsis of Ohio University.
Ohio meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
Ohio in Hindi
- U.S. state
- ओहायो ohāyo
Ohio in Marathi
- U.S. state
- ओहायो ohāyo
- river
- ओहायो ohāyo
Ohio in Urdu
- U.S. state
- اوہائیو ohāyo
Ohio in Bengali
- U.S. state
- ওহাইও ōhaiō
More languagesFewer languages
- Ohio in Malayalam
- ഒഹായോ ohāyō
- Ohio in Punjabi
- ਓਹਾਇਓ ohāio
- Ohio in Odia
- ଓହିଓ ohio
- Ohio in Arabic
- أُوهَايُو ʔuhāyū
- Ohio in Persian
- اوهایو ohâyo
- Ohio in Thai
- โอไฮโอ oo-hai-ôo
- Ohio in Vietnamese
- Ohio, sông Ohio
Synonyms of Ohio
Origin of Ohio
From Seneca Ohi꞉yoʼ, a proper name derived from ohi꞉yo꞉h (“good river”). 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.
Words formed from Ohio
Phrases with Ohio
Words that rhyme with Ohio
Questions about Ohio
- What does Ohio mean?
- Ohio means a state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Columbus.
- What is Ohio in Hindi?
- Ohio in Hindi is ओहायो (ohāyo). See Ohio meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Ohio?
- Ohio is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Ohio?
- Ohio is pronounced /oʊˈhaɪoʊ/ (US).
Words near Ohio in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Ohio (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-Ohio.ogg.
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