Ohio

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /oʊˈhaɪoʊ/, /əˈhaɪoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈhaɪəʊ/, /əʊˈhʌɪəʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪəʊ

Proper noun

Ohio

2. A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Columbus.
   • 2005 August 21, Henry Alford, “Not a Word”, in The New Yorker‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 9 March 2017:

     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.”

   • 2023 June 21, Haley Talbot, Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 3 March 2024:

     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 but he is not on the Ethics Committee.

   • 2024 May 1, Clare Foran, Haley Talbot, Kristin Wilson, “House passes antisemitism bill as Johnson highlights campus protests”, in CNN‎^[3], archived from the original on 14 August 2024:

     In the House, Reps. Josh Gottheimer, a New Jersey Democrat, Max Miller, an Ohio Republican, and Jared Moskowitz, a Florida Democrat, are also leading the effort.

4. 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.
6. Ellipsis of Ohio University.

   Synonym: OU

   Coordinate terms: Ohio State, OSU (not to be confused)

7. A locale in the United States; named for the state:
   1. A town in New York.
   2. A village in Illinois.
   3. An unincorporated community in Mississippi.
   4. An unincorporated community in Texas.
   5. A number of townships, listed under Ohio Township.
8. A locale in Canada:
   1. A community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia.
   2. A community in Digby County, Nova Scotia.
   3. A community in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.

Derived terms

• Kenova
• OH
• Ohioan
• Ohio City
• Ohio County
• Ohioese
• only in Ohio
• pride of Ohio
• skibidi Ohio rizz

Translations

U.S. state

• Arabic: أُوهَايُو m (ʔuhāyū)

  Egyptian Arabic: اوهايو (ōhāyō)

• Armenian: Օհայո (Ōhayo)
• Belarusian: Ага́ё m (Ahájo), Ага́я (Ahája)
• Bengali: ওহাইও (bn) (ōhaiō)
• Bulgarian: Оха́йо (Ohájo)
• Cherokee: ᎣᎭᏲ (Ohayo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 俄亥俄 (zh) (Éhài'é)

• Czech: Ohio (cs) n
• Danish: Ohio
• Esperanto: Ohio
• Farefare: Ohayo
• Finnish: Ohio (fi)
• Galician: Ohio (gl) m
• Georgian: ოჰაიო (ohaio)
• German: Ohio (de)
• Greek: Οχάιο (el) (Ocháio)
• Hawaiian: ʻOhaio
• Hebrew: אוֹהָיוֹ (he) (Ohayo)
• 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)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئۆھایۆ (ohayo)

• Lao: ໂອໄຮໂອ (ʼō hai ʼō)
• Latvian: Ohaio m
• Lithuanian: Ohajas
• Macedonian: Оха́јо n (Ohájo)
• Malayalam: ഒഹായോ (ohāyō)
• Marathi: ओहायो m (ohāyo)
• Mingo: ^{(please verify)} Uhíyu'
• Navajo: Oohááyoo hahoodzo
• Odia: ଓହିଓ (ohio)
• Pannonian Rusyn: Огайо m (Ohajo)
• Persian: اوهایو (ohâyo)
• Polish: Ohio (pl) n
• Portuguese: Ohio (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਓਹਾਇਓ (ohāio)
• Romanian: Ohio (ro)
• Russian: Ога́йо (ru) m (Ogájo)
• Samogitian: Ohajos
• Serbo-Croatian: Охајо, Ohajo
• Slovak: Ohio
• Spanish: Ohio (es) m
• Thai: โอไฮโอ (oo-hai-ôo)
• Turkish: Ohio
• Ukrainian: Ога́йо m (Ohájo)
• Urdu: اوہائیو (ohāyo)
• Uyghur: ئوخايو (oxayo)
• Vietnamese: Ohio (vi)
• Wyandot: ^{(please verify)} Ohezuhyeandawa
• Yiddish: אָהײַאָ (ohayo)

river

• Armenian: Օհայո (Ōhayo)
• Bulgarian: Оха́йо (Ohájo)
• Czech: Ohio (cs) n
• Finnish: Ohio (fi)
• German: Ohio (de)
• Japanese: オハイオ川 (Ohaio-gawa)
• Lao: ແມ່ນ້ຳໂອໄຮໂອ (mǣ namʼō hai ʼō)
• Macedonian: Оха́јо n (Ohájo)
• Marathi: ओहायो f (ohāyo)
• 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

Anagrams

• IOOH

Catalan

Ohio

Proper noun

Ohio m

1. Ohio (a state of the United States)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ohio.

Proper noun

Ohio (genitive Ohios)

1. Ohio (a state of the United States)

Esperanto

Etymology

From English Ohio, from Seneca ohiːyoʼ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈhio/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification: O‧hi‧o

Proper noun

Ohio (accusative Ohion)

1. Ohio (a state of the United States)

See also

	Miĉigano
Indianao		Pensilvanio
	Kentukio Okcidenta Virginio

Further reading

• “Ohio”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “Ohio”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Finnish

Etymology

From English Ohio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈohɑi̯.o/, [ˈo̞ɦɑ̝i̯.o̞]
• Rhymes: -ohɑio

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	—
abessive		Ohiotta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Ohio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ohioni — accusative nom. Ohioni — gen. Ohioni genitive Ohioni — partitive Ohiotani — inessive Ohiossani — elative Ohiostani — illative Ohiooni — adessive Ohiollani — ablative Ohioltani — allative Ohiolleni — essive Ohionani — translative Ohiokseni — abessive Ohiottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ohiosi — accusative nom. Ohiosi — gen. Ohiosi genitive Ohiosi — partitive Ohiotasi — inessive Ohiossasi — elative Ohiostasi — illative Ohioosi — adessive Ohiollasi — ablative Ohioltasi — allative Ohiollesi — essive Ohionasi — translative Ohioksesi — abessive Ohiottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ohiomme — accusative nom. Ohiomme — gen. Ohiomme genitive Ohiomme — partitive Ohiotamme — inessive Ohiossamme — elative Ohiostamme — illative Ohioomme — adessive Ohiollamme — ablative Ohioltamme — allative Ohiollemme — essive Ohionamme — translative Ohioksemme — abessive Ohiottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ohionne — accusative nom. Ohionne — gen. Ohionne genitive Ohionne — partitive Ohiotanne — inessive Ohiossanne — elative Ohiostanne — illative Ohioonne — adessive Ohiollanne — ablative Ohioltanne — allative Ohiollenne — essive Ohionanne — translative Ohioksenne — abessive Ohiottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Ohionsa — accusative nom. Ohionsa — gen. Ohionsa genitive Ohionsa — partitive Ohiotaan Ohiotansa — inessive Ohiossaan Ohiossansa — elative Ohiostaan Ohiostansa — illative Ohioonsa — adessive Ohiollaan Ohiollansa — ablative Ohioltaan Ohioltansa — allative Ohiolleen Ohiollensa — essive Ohionaan Ohionansa — translative Ohiokseen Ohioksensa — abessive Ohiottaan Ohiottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• hioo, ohoi

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ohio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈhaɪ̯o/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

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

1. Ohio (a state of the United States)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ohio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈa.jo/
• Rhymes: -ajo

Proper noun

Ohio m

1. Ohio (a state of the United States)

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing 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)

   pieczęć Ohio ― seal of Ohio

   To przecież w stanie Ohio urodził się Neil Armstrong. ― After all, it was in the state of Ohio that Neil Armstrong was born.

2. Ohio (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)

   Rzeka Ohio uchodzi do Missisipi. ― The Ohio River flows into the Mississippi.

Further reading

• “Ohio”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Oaio (Portugal, rare)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Ohio.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈʁaj.u/ [oˈhaɪ̯.u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈʁaj.u/ [oˈhaɪ̯.u]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oˈʁaj.u/ [oˈχaɪ̯.u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈʁaj.o/ [oˈhaɪ̯.o]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈaj.u/

• Rhymes: -aju

Proper noun

Ohio m (demonym ohioano)

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

See also

states of the United States: estados dos Estados Unidosedit

• Alabama
• Alasca
• Arizona
• Arkansas ~ Arcansas
• Califórnia
• Carolina do Norte
• Carolina do Sul
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Dacota do Norte
• Dacota do Sul
• Delaware
• Flórida
• Geórgia
• Havaí (Brazil) ~ Havai (Portugal)
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas ~ Cansas
• Kentucky
• Luisiana
• Maine
• Maryland ~ Marilândia
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi ~ Mississípi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebrasca
• Nevada
• Nova Hampshire
• Nova Iorque
• Nova Jérsei (Brazil) ~ Nova Jérsia (Portugal)
• Novo México
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pensilvânia
• Rhode Island
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virgínia
• Virgínia Ocidental
• Washington
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

Romanian

Proper noun

Ohio n

1. Ohio (a state of the United States)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔɦaːjɔ/, [ˈɔɦaːjɔ]
• Rhymes: -aːjɔ

Proper noun

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

1. Ohio (a state of the United States)

References

• “Ohio”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈxajo/ [oˈxa.jo]
• Rhymes: -ajo
• Syllabification: O‧hio

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