Definitions

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  • noun Canada A native or inhabitant of Ottawa, the capital city of Canada.
  • adjective Of or relating to the city of Ottawa.
  • adjective Of or relating to the Ottawa tribe.

Etymologies

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Ottawa +‎ -an

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Examples

  • "I don't think people are as afraid of us anymore," said Mr. Smith, a stocky 41-year-old who launched Vice with fellow Ottawan Gavin McInnes who left the company in 2008 and Suroosh Alvi, a Pakistani-Canadian from Toronto who studied philosophy at McGill University in Montreal, and has taken the role of sober straight man to his business partner's showman persona.

    Vice Media Tries to Keep Its Cool Steve Dollar 2011

  • Once on the ground, along with the other survivors I was whisked into an Ottawan hospital.

    Masked Lou Anders 2010

  • Once on the ground, along with the other survivors I was whisked into an Ottawan hospital.

    Masked Lou Anders 2010

  • I remember every detail of that night because when I look back, it seems that if one little thing had been different—the casting, the timing, the weather, the seating arrangement, the Ottawan elections that year—everything might not have happened.

    sTORI Telling Tori Spelling 2008

  • Don't forget Muskrat Love by America, D.I.S.C.O by Ottawan she is D - delirious...

    YesButNoButYes: Worst Lyrics ... Ever! 2007

  • The beautiful, gorgeous Ottawan had lots of chances to confess his undying love - d'I mean lust - for me, but has failed me in this regard.

    lazarus Diary Entry lazarus 2003

  • Ottawan and the experience of visiting tourists and out of towners.

    The Times Today's News 2010

  • COURT WATCH: Ottawan sentenced to jail, probation for cocaine charge - My Web Times

    The Times Today's News 2010

  • COURT WATCH: Ottawan sentenced to jail, probation for cocaine charge - My Web Times

    The Times Today's News 2010

  • Cantave, whose childhood idol was and is former national team star Charmaine Hooper, a fellow Ottawan, says she'll long recall the welcoming party she had last Monday.

    Ottawa Sun 2010

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