Canadian capital, founded 1827 as Bytown, named for English officer John By, who oversaw construction of the canal there; renamed 1854, when it became capital, for the Ottawa River, which took its name from the Algonquian people who lived in Michigan and Ontario. Their name is said to be from adawe "to trade."
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. A fast train does the journey to Ottawa in three hours.
快車在3小時(shí)以內(nèi)走完去渥太華的旅程.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
2. In 1937 he was seconded to the Royal Canadian Air Force in Ottawa as air armament adviser.