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# ottawa

«ottawa» in Mova's school dictionary: **Ottawa: the capital city of Canada, in the province of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, proper (Ottawa — with a capital letter)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Ottawa: the capital city of Canada, in the province of Ontario, on the Ottawa River. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ottawa/#m1)

2) The Ottawa River, a big river between Ontario and Quebec. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ottawa/#m2)

3) The Ottawa (Odawa): an Indigenous people of North America, from whom the city's name comes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ottawa/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography, Ottawa is the capital of Canada (not Toronto or Montreal — a common mistake). Canada's Parliament meets there on Parliament Hill. In winter the Rideau Canal freezes and becomes a very long skating rink. Phrases: in Ottawa, the capital of Canada.

### examples

- Ottawa is the capital of Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ottawa/#x1)
- The Canadian Parliament meets in Ottawa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ottawa/#x2)
- In winter, people skate on the frozen canal in Ottawa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ottawa/#x3)
- Ottawa is in the province of Ontario. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ottawa/#x4)
- Many people think Toronto is Canada's capital, but it's Ottawa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ottawa/#x5)
- The city was named after the Odawa people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ottawa/#x6)

### note

Always a capital O. Pronounced OTT-a-wa. Trap: Toronto is Canada's biggest city, but Ottawa is the capital.

### In the corpora

- [Example: a boy in Ottawa is scared of his vaccination.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/6/)
- [Ottawa is the capital of Canada, and Canada is the second-largest country in the world.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/45-uk-ireland-canada-australia-nz/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ottawa» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ottawa/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.