Idaho

A map of the United States with the state of Idaho (proper noun sense) indicated in red.

Russet Burbank potatoes, a type of Idaho potato (common noun sense).

Uncertain; possibly from Plains Apache ídaahȩ́ (“Comanche”), though the Oxford English Dictionary states that the development of the state’s name from that word remains undocumented. The name Idaho was said to have been considered around 1860 for what was eventually called the Colorado Territory (now the state of Colorado) in 1861, and in 1863 was given to Idaho County (now part of Idaho);^[1] the county was named after a steamship launched on the Columbia River in 1860.

The eccentric political lobbyist George Maurice Willing, Jr. (c. 1829 – 1874) claimed to have coined the name after a girl named Ida, though saying it was a Shoshoni term meaning “gem of the mountains” (no such term exists),^[2] but evidence suggests that there was use of the name in Colorado pre-dating Willing’s arrival in the West in 1859.^[1]

The common noun (“type of potato”) is derived from the name of the state.^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪdəhəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪdəˌhoʊ/

• Audio (General American):

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• Hyphenation: Ida‧ho

Idaho

1. A state in the western United States. Capital and largest city: Boise.
2. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Ohio, United States, named for Idaho Territory.
3. University of Idaho

Idaho (plural Idahos)

1. In full Idaho potato: a variety of potato grown in Idaho, especially the Russet Burbank.

• Idaho on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Idaho, proper n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

• hoida

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Idaho

Wikipedia ^da

Borrowed from English Idaho.

Idaho (genitive Idahos)

1. Idaho (a state of the United States)

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:

Idaho

Wikipedia ^eo

• IPA^(key):

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aho
• Hyphenation: I‧da‧ho

Idaho (accusative Idahon)

1. Idaho (a state of the United States)

	Kanado ∙ Montano
Vaŝingtonio Oregono		Vajomingo
	Nevado ∙ Utaho

From English Idaho.

• IPA^(key): /ˈidɑho/,
• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯dɑho/,
• Rhymes: -idɑho
• Syllabification^(key): I‧da‧ho

Idaho

1. Idaho (a state of the United States)

• hoida

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Idaho m

1. Idaho

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Idaho

Wikipedia ^it

Borrowed from English Idaho.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaj.da.o/
• Rhymes: -ajdao

Idaho m

1. Idaho (a state of the United States)

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Idaho

Wikipedia ^pl

Unadapted borrowing from English Idaho, possibly from Plains Apache ídaahȩ́́ (“Comanche”).

• IPA^(key): /ajˈdɛ.xɔw/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛxɔw
• Syllabification: I‧da‧ho

Idaho n (indeclinable)

1. Idaho (a state of the United States)

• Idaho in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Idaho m

1. Idaho (a state of the United States)

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

Idaho

Wikipedia ^sk

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Idaho n (genitive singular Idaha, declension pattern of mesto)

1. Idaho (a state of the United States)

• “Idaho”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

• IPA^(key): /ˈaidaxo/
• Rhymes: -aidaxo
• Syllabification: I‧da‧ho

Idaho m

1. Idaho (a state of the United States)

• Idaho on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es