Ohi:yoʼ

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Ohi:yoʼ is the Indigenous name, from the Seneca language, for the river known in English as the Allegheny River in the northeastern United States.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ohi:yo 1
Ohi:yoʼ canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
river
associatedWithEthnicGroup Haudenosaunee
Seneca nation
surface form: Seneca people
flowsInto Ohio River
surface form: Ohio River at Pittsburgh
flowsThrough New York
Pennsylvania
hasAlternativeSpelling Ohi:yoʼ self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ohi:yo

Ohi:yoʼ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Seneca nation
surface form: Seneca Nation of Indians
hasEnglishName Allegheny River
hasHydrologicalConnectionWith Allegheny River
hasIndigenousNameStatus traditional Seneca name
hasNameEtymology derived from an Iroquoian root meaning “good river” or “beautiful river”
hasNameMeaning “beautiful river”
isIndigenousToponymFor Allegheny River
languageOfName Seneca language
locatedIn United States of America
surface form: United States

Northeastern United States
surface form: northeastern United States
nativeNameOf Allegheny River
partOf Appalachian region of the United States
surface form: Appalachian region

Ohio River basin
tributaryOf Ohio River
usedInCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
usedInRegion Seneca territories

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Allegheny River alsoKnownAs Ohi:yoʼ
Ohi:yoʼ hasAlternativeSpelling Ohi:yoʼ self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ohi:yo