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Ohio
originally used of the river, from Seneca (Iroquoian)
ohi:yo'
, proper name from
ohi:yo:h
, literally "good river." The Seneca also used this of the Allegheny, which they considered the headwaters of the Ohio. Related:
Ohian
(1819);
Ohioan
(1818).