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Ottawa (1)

Ot·ta·wa [ óttəwə, óttə w ] (plural Ot·ta·wa or Ot·ta·was)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. Native North American people: a member of a Native North American people who lived along Lake Huron and who now live mainly in Ontario, Michigan, Kansas, and Oklahoma

2. Ottawa language: the Algonquian language of the Ottawa people. Native speakers: 8,000.

[Late 17th century. Via Canadian French < Ojibwa otāwā]

Ot·ta·wa adjective
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