OHIO
Dictionary entry overview: What does Ohio mean?
• OHIO (noun)
The noun OHIO has 2 senses:
1. a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
2. a river that is formed in western Pennsylvania and flows westward to become a tributary of the Mississippi River
Familiarity information: OHIO used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OHIO (noun)
Meaning:
A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Buckeye State; OH; Ohio
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "Ohio"):
Wabash; Wabash River (a tributary of the Ohio River that rises in western Ohio and flows southwestward across Indiana)
Youngstown (a city in northeast Ohio)
Toledo (an industrial city in northwestern Ohio on Lake Erie)
Mansfield (a town in north central Ohio)
Dayton (a city in southwest Ohio; manufacturing center)
capital of Ohio; Columbus (the state capital of Ohio; located in the center of the state; site of Ohio State University)
Cincinnati (a city in southern Ohio on the Ohio river)
Cleveland (the largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port)
Athens (a town in southeast Ohio)
Akron (a city in northeastern Ohio; the heart of the United States rubber industry)
Holonyms ("Ohio" is a part of...):
middle west; Midwest; midwestern United States (the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America))
Meaning:
A river that is formed in western Pennsylvania and flows westward to become a tributary of the Mississippi River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Ohio River; Ohio
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Ohio" is a part of...):
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
