Ohio

American  

[oh-hahy-oh] / oʊˈhaɪ oʊ /

noun

1. a state in the northeastern central United States: a part of the Midwest. 41,222 sq. mi. (106,765 sq. km). Columbus. OH (for use with zip code), O.

2. a river formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, flowing southwest from Pittsburgh, Pa., to the Mississippi in southern Illinois. 981 miles (1,580 km) long.

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Ohio British  

/ əʊˈhaɪəʊ /

noun

1. Abbreviation and zip code: OH.  a state of the central US, in the Midwest on Lake Erie: consists of prairies in the W and the Allegheny plateau in the E, the Ohio River forming the S and most of the E borders. Capital: Columbus. Pop: 11 435 798 (2003 est). Area: 107 044 sq km (41 330 sq miles)

2. a river in the eastern US, formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers at Pittsburgh: flows generally W and SW to join the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois, as its chief E tributary. Length: 1570 km (975 miles)

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Ohio Cultural  

1. State in the northern United States bordered by Michigan and Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania and West Virginia to the east, West Virginia and Kentucky to the south, and Indiana to the west. Its capital is Columbus, and its largest city is Cleveland.

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Other Word Forms

• Ohioan adjective

Example Sentences

Investigators are probing the cause of a fire that burned a section of a large automotive glass plant near Dayton, Ohio, that supplies components to several major automakers.

From The Wall Street Journal

He is now a professor of military history at Ohio State University.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the U.S. alone, that number was 135,000 people, roughly the population of Dayton, Ohio.

From Salon

In the very first game of the tournament, TCU beat Ohio State and shredded their perfect brackets.

From The Wall Street Journal

On March 7, police in Akron, Ohio, responded to a report of an automatic seat in a 2026 Palisade collapsing on a two-year-old, according to a police report reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal