Ohio
[əu'haiəu]
Definition
(noun.) a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
(noun.) a river that is formed in western Pennsylvania and flows westward to become a tributary of the Mississippi River.
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Examples
- I took passage on a steamer at Ripley, Ohio, for Pittsburg, about the middle of May, 1839. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- THOMAS ALVA EDISON was born at Milan Ohio, February 11, 1847. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was then a Union victory, in which the Armies of the Tennessee and the Ohio both participated. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- To go thither, to escape across the Ohio river, were the first hurried outlines of her plan of escape; beyond that, she could only hope in God. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There is great danger of delay resulting in a campaign back to the Ohio River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Of these, 2,103 were in the Army of the Ohio. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- How otherwise could the Champion Harvesting Machine Company of Springfield, Ohio, turn out an equipped machine every four minutes each working day of ten hours? William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- THIRD STREET DAYTON, OHIO July 22, 1911. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Bates, Manager of the Baltimore & Ohio telegraph for Robert Garrett; and Andrew Carnegie, the greatest ironmaster the world has ever known, as well as its greatest philanthropist. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Troops had been sent north by Halleck along the line of the Mobile and Ohio railroad to put it in repair as far as Columbus. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I was obliged to go to St. Louis to take a steamer for Louisville or Cincinnati, or the first steamer going up the Ohio River to any point. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In a few years he removed from Ravenna, and set up the same business at Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This was distributed widely over the country, the greatest producers, after Pennsylvania, being Illinois, West Virginia, Ohio, Alabama and Colorado. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I leave early tomorrow morning, before daylight; by tomorrow night I hope to sleep safe in Ohio. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Nor are these instances confined to the State of Ohio. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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