Ohio County

English

Etymology

From Seneca ohiːyo', a proper name derived from ohiːyoːh (« good river »).[1]

Proper noun

Ohio County

  1. One of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: Rising Sun.
  2. One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Hartford.
  3. A former county of Virginia, United States, now in West Virginia. The county seat was in Wheeling.
  4. One of 55 counties in West Virginia, United States. County seat: Wheeling. Formerly the county in Virginia.

See also

  • Ohio Country

References

  1. ^ Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. page 344. →ISBN.
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