English

Ottawa-Hull

From Ottawa + Hull.

A compound of Ottawa + Hull

Proto-Algonquian *atawewa ‘to trade’

Ojibwe odaawaa ‘an Odawa/Ottawa’

Proto-Germanic *hul-

Old English hulu ‘seed covering’

Middle English hul ‘seed covering, hull of a ship’

English Hull

Today it means

name The National Capital Region (NCR) of Canada; Former name of Ottawa-Gatineau.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ottawa-Hull