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Idaho

American  
[ahy-duh-hoh] / ˈaɪ dəˌhoʊ /

noun

  1. a state in the northwestern United States. 83,557 sq. mi. (216,415 sq. km). Boise. ID (for use with zip code), Id., Ida.

  2. a variety of potato, a russet Burbank grown in Idaho.


Idaho British  
/ ˈaɪdəˌhəʊ /

noun

  1. Abbreviation: Id., Ida., ID. a state of the northwestern US: consists chiefly of ranges of the Rocky Mountains, with the Snake River basin in the south; important for agriculture ( Idaho potatoes ), livestock, and silver-mining. Capital: Boise. Pop: 1 366 332 (2003 est). Area: 216 413 sq km (83 557 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idaho Cultural  
  1. State in the Rocky Mountains bordered by British Columbia, Canada, to the north; Montana and Wyoming to the east; Utah and Nevada to the south; and Oregon and Washington to the west. Its capital and largest city is Boise.


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Rainmaker operates in states such as Idaho, Utah, Colorado and areas of the Middle East such as Jordan.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

WSJ’s Robbie Gramer: Idaho, deeply Republican and mostly rural, is about the furthest you could get from a battleground state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The FBI alleges that from February 2022 until they were arrested, Love and Chan fraudulently solicited money from women in California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Daejon Labrayae Love, 35, and his accomplice Taylor Jamie Chan, 18, remain in federal custody after their arrest Aug. 24 in Boise, Idaho, on wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud charges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

In March 1995, the Idaho Statesman had run an article about the so-called phenomenon of Internet addiction.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

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