Ohio River

English
The Ohio River and its basin

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ohio River

  1. (US) A major river in the United States, flowing 981 miles from the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela at Pittsburgh into the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois.
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