idaho
n. countablen. a state in the northwestern United States. It is famous for its mountains, forests, and for growing a lot of potatoes.
n. a landlocked state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, bordered by Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Washington, Oregon, and Canada.
The family is planning a hiking trip to Idaho this summer.
Many people move to Idaho to enjoy outdoor activities like skiing and fishing in the Rocky Mountains.
While historically dependent on silver mining and agriculture, Idaho has recently seen significant growth in its technology sector, particularly in the Boise metropolitan area.
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); 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), but evidence suggests that there was use of the name in Colorado pre-dating Willing’s arrival in the West in 1859. The common noun (“type of potato”) is derived from the name of the state.
Proper noun; almost always used without an article.