Ohio River

The Ohio River and its basin

Meaning

Proper Noun

major river US (country) flowing 981 miles from the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela at Pittsburgh into the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois.

Origin

From Seneca ohiːyoʼ, a proper name derived from ohiːyoːh, itself already containing the term "river" in Seneca. See more at Ohio.

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