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Originally Posted by bless-u
I've also found out that "Ottawa" originates from an indigenous word "Odawa" or "Odaawaa" which means "trader".
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Yes, Ottawa is the English interpretation of "Odaawaa" or "Atawe" as they heard it.
The French heard the same word from the same native people and came up with "Outaouais" which is the French name for the Ottawa River, this region of Quebec and of the aboriginal group. (It's a unique word in that it has 5 consecutive vowels.)
The Odawa people themselves referred to the Ottawa River as Kitchissippi, which means "great river". The City of Ottawa has a ward called Kitchissippi as well as a beach and a lookout I believe.
The high school and a few other things in the Aylmer district of Gatineau are named "Grande-Rivière".
And a few years ago a street in Gatineau was renamed from "Chemin du Lac-Leamy" to "Rue Atawe".