ohio
/oʊˈhaɪoʊ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
3
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A river in the United States, flowing 981 miles from the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania through Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois along state borders and emptying into the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois.
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Ellipsis of Ohio University.
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A locale in the United States; named for the state:
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A locale in the United States; named for the state:
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A locale in the United States; named for the state:
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A locale in the United States; named for the state:
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A locale in the United States; named for the state:
Example Sentences
- "Mountweazel, the encyclopedia indicates, was born in Bangs, Ohio, in 1942, only to die “at 31 in an explosion while on assignment for Combustibles magazine.”"
- "The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee."
- "In the House, Reps. Josh Gottheimer, a New Jersey Democrat, Max Miller, an Ohio Republican, and Jared Moskowitz, a Florida Democrat, are also leading the effort."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /oʊˈhaɪoʊ/
- British English: /əˈhaɪəʊ/