Idaho

[ ahy-duh-hoh ]

/ ˈaɪ dəˌhoʊ /

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noun

a state in the northwestern United States. 83,557 sq. mi. (216,415 sq. km). Capital: Boise. Abbreviations: ID (for use with zip code), Id., Ida.

a variety of potato, a russet Burbank grown in Idaho.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Idaho

I·da·ho·an

[ahy-duh-hoh-uhn, ahy-duh-hoh-], /ˈaɪ dəˌhoʊ ən, ˌaɪ dəˈhoʊ-/, adjective, noun

Words nearby Idaho

icy pole, id, Ida, -idae, Idaean, Idaho, Idahoan, Idaho Falls, I dare say, IDASA, IDB

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How to use Idaho in a sentence

Parke View Rehabilitation and Care Center in Burley Falls, Idaho, had three cases in all of last year, and 24 this year.
A small town in denial comes face to face with the virus|Will Englund|February 26, 2021|Washington Post
Idaho adopted a bike yield law in the 1980s, allowing cyclists to treat stop signs as yields and red lights as stop signs.
Virginia says no, for now, to letting bicyclists roll through stop signs|Luz Lazo|February 17, 2021|Washington Post
For the second week, Idaho trails the rest of the country in terms of the percentage of people vaccinated, with just 6% of residents having received at least one dose.
Map: 4 states have reached more than 10% of their populations with the vaccine|Erika Fry|February 3, 2021|Fortune
They have come from Ireland and Idaho and many places in between.
The incredible story of how 1,700 handwritten cards came from across the world for a group of D.C. hospital workers|Theresa Vargas|January 27, 2021|Washington Post

For updated information on coronavirus cases in the area, please visit Rebound Idaho and Sun Valley’s own list of resources.
15 Exciting Ways to Eat in Sun Valley Right Now|Scott Wink|January 19, 2021|Eater
When My Own Private Idaho came out, that was the first time somebody from our generation was contributing.
Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange|Marlow Stern|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah will never come anywhere close to being purple.
Dems, It’s Time to Dump Dixie|Michael Tomasky|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The state of Idaho paid a bounty hunter to kill wolves in the Salmon River country.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Leading the pack of millennial art wunderkinds is Idaho-native Akiane Kramarik, who began drawing at age two.
Blessed or Cursed? Child Prodigies Reveal All|Justin Jones|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A ‘Christian’ wedding chapel—a private business—in Idaho is suing for the right not to marry gay couples.
Refusing to Marry Same-Sex Couples Isn’t Religious Freedom, It’s Just Discrimination|Sally Kohn|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The revenues to be derived should be incidental, and belong of right to the State of Idaho.
Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress|Various
The Idaho was part of a task force that included a carrier, cruisers, and several destroyers.
The Lost Warship|Robert Moore Williams
Meanwhile routine reports from all parts of the ship showed that the Idaho had suffered no damage of any kind from the bombing.
The Lost Warship|Robert Moore Williams
They knew that the guns of the Idaho were proof against any creature of earth, sky, or water, in this world.
The Lost Warship|Robert Moore Williams
But how would the Idaho stack up against the something that lay below the horizon?
The Lost Warship|Robert Moore Williams

British Dictionary definitions for Idaho

Idaho

/ (ˈaɪdəˌhəʊ) /

noun

a state of the northwestern US: consists chiefly of ranges of the Rocky Mountains, with the Snake River basin in the south; important for agriculture (Idaho potatoes), livestock, and silver-mining. Capital: Boise. Pop: 1 366 332 (2003 est). Area: 216 413 sq km (83 557 sq miles)Abbreviation: Id., Ida., (with zip code) ID

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Cultural definitions for Idaho

Idaho

State in the Rocky Mountains bordered by British Columbia, Canada, to the north; Montana and Wyoming to the east; Utah and Nevada to the south; and Oregon and Washington to the west. Its capital and largest city is Boise.