ottawas Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of the Algonquian people of southern Ontario
    Ottawa.
  2. noun a river in southeastern Canada that flows along the boundary between Quebec and Ontario to the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal
    Outaouais; Ottawa; Ottawa river.
  3. noun the capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec)
    capital of Canada; Canadian capital; Ottawa.

WordNet

Ot"ta*was noun plural
Wordforms
singular Ottawa
Definitions
  1. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who, when first known, lived on the Ottawa River. Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern shore of Lake Superior.

Webster 1913