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{{Wiktionary|Ottawa}}
'''Ottawa'''<!--- see http://www.fallingrain.com/world/a/O/t/t/a/ ---> may refer to several places, geographical features and things, most of them named for the [[Ottawa (tribe)]], a [[Native American (Americas)|Native American]] tribe/[[First Nation]].
'''[[Ottawa]]''' is a city in the province of Ontario and the capital of Canada.
 
'''Ottawa''' may also refer to:
'''Canada:'''
*[[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], the capital of [[Canada]]. "Ottawa" is used as political shorthand for the federal government of Canada, both in foreign and domestic relations.
*[[Ottawa (County of)]], a historical electoral district in Quebec
*[[Ottawa Islands]] on the East Coast of [[Hudson Bay]].<ref>Manning, T.H., "Ruins of Eskimo Stone Houses on the East Side of Hudson Bay". ''American Antiquity'', Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jan., 1946), pp. 201-202. doi:10.2307/275565, Republished by [[JSTOR]], [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-7316%28194601%2911%3A3%3C201%3AROESHO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B&size=LARGE], Accessed 01-26-2007</ref>
*[[Ottawa River]]
*[[University of Ottawa]]
 
==Places==
'''South Africa:'''
'''===Canada:'''===
*[[Ottawa, KwaZulu-Natal]]
* [[Ottawa (City of) (electoral district)]], a historical electoral district in Ontario
* [[Ottawa (County of) (electoral district)]], a historical electoral district in Quebec
* [[Ottawa (Ontario provincial electoral district)]], an electoral district from 1867 to 1908
* [[Ottawa (Quebec provincial electoral district)]], an electoral district from 1867 to 1919
* [[Ottawa Islands]], islands on the east coast of Hudson Bay
* [[Ottawa River]], in Ontario and Quebec
** [[Ottawa Valley]], the valley of the Ottawa river.
 
'''===United States:'''===
* [[Ottawa, Illinois]], a city
* [[Ottawa, Kansas]], a city
* [[Ottawa, OhioMinnesota]], an unincorporated community
* [[Ottawa, PennsylvaniaOhio]], a village
* [[Ottawa, West VirginiaOklahoma]], an unincorporated community
* [[Ottawa, Wisconsin]], a town
* [[Ottawa River (Lake Erie)]], in Michigan and Ohio in the United States, which drains into Lake Erie
*[[Ottawa County, Kansas]]
* [[Ottawa River (Auglaize River tributary)]], in Ohio, United States
*[[Ottawa County, Michigan]]
 
*[[Ottawa County, Ohio]]
===Elsewhere===
*[[Ottawa County, Oklahoma]]
* [[Ottawa Hills, OhioIvory Coast]], a village
* [[Ottawa, KwaZulu-Natal]], a suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
*[[Ottawa Lake, Michigan]]
 
*[[Ottawa University]], Ottawa, Kansas
==Ships==
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* [[HMCS Ottawa (H60)|HMCS ''Ottawa'' (H60)]], a C-class destroyer that served with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1938 to 1942
*[[Ottawa, Iowa]]
* [[HMCS Ottawa (H31)|HMCS ''Ottawa'' (H31)]], a G-class destroyer that served with the Royal Canadian Navyfrom 1943 to 1945
*[[Ottawa, Kentucky]]
* [[HMCS Ottawa (DDH 229)|HMCS ''Ottawa'' (DDH 229)]], a St. Laurent-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1956 to 1992
*[[Ottawa, Michigan]]
* [[HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341)|HMCS ''Ottawa'' (FFH 341)]], a Halifax-class frigate commissioned in 1996
*[[Ottawa, Minnesota]]
* SS ''Ottawa'', a steamship that was once the [[SS Germanic (18751874)|SS ''Germanic'']]
*[[Ottawa, Oklahoma]]
* [[Ottawa (tug)|''Ottawa'' (shipwreck)]], a tugboat that sank in Lake Superior
*[[Ottawa Center, Michigan]]
* ''Ottawa'', a tanker built in 1964 by [[Swan Hunter#History|Swan Hunter]]
*[[Ottawa Estates, Georgia]]
 
*[[Ottawa Junction, Kansas]]
==Other uses==
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* [[Government of Canada]], as a metonym
* [[Odawa]] or Ottawa, a First Nation/Native American ethnic group
** [[Ottawa dialect]], their language
* [[Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma]], a federally recognized tribe in the United States
 
==See also==
* [[Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians]], a federally recognized tribe in the United States
*[[Otawa, Nagasaki]], Japan
* [[HMCS Ottawa|HMCS ''Ottawa'']], a list of Canadian warships
*[[Ottawa Treaty]]
* [[Ottawa County, Kansas(disambiguation)]]
*SS Ottawa, a steamship that was once the [[SS Germanic (1875)]]
* [[Ottawa Township (disambiguation)]]
*[[Ottawan (band)]], disco band.
* [[Ottawa Treaty]], a treaty first signed in 1997 that bans anti-personnel landmines
*For the Ottawa Imperial Conference of 1932, see [[British Empire Economic Conference]]
* [[Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion]], a document signed at a 1987 World Health Organization convention
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* [[Otawa]], a rural area in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand
* [[Ottawan (band)]], a disco band.group
 
{{disambiguation|geo}}
[[ca:Ottawa (desambiguació)]]
[[de:Ottawa (Begriffsklärung)]]
[[nl:Ottawa]]
[[ja:オタワ (曖昧さ回避)]]
[[no:Ottawa (andre betydninger)]]
[[pl:Ottawa (ujednoznacznienie)]]
[[pt:Ottawa (desambiguação)]]
[[ro:Ottawa (dezambiguizare)]]
[[sk:Ottawa]]
[[sr:Отава (вишезначна одредница)]]