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."
雙語例句
1. A fast train does the journey to Ottawa in three hours.
快車在3小時以內(nèi)走完去渥太華的旅程.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. In 1937 he was seconded to the Royal Canadian Air Force in Ottawa as air armament adviser.
1937年他被臨時調(diào)往渥太華的加拿大皇家空軍擔(dān)任軍備顧問。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Henry sat for a portrait by karsh of Ottawa, the great Canadian photographer.