Ohioans

Residents of a Midwest state

Ohioans are people who live in or come from Ohio, a state in the midwestern United States.

The term functions both as a noun and as an adjective characterizing things related to Ohio or its residents.

Ohioans turned out in record numbers for the election.

The Ohioan accent is sometimes grouped with other Great Lakes dialects.

geography

Columbus

Ohio's seat of government

ClevelandNortheast Ohio metropolis
CincinnatiOhio's third-largest city
ToledoCity in Spain or Ohio

Akron · Dayton · Youngstown · Canton · Sandusky · Chillicothe · Athens · Oberlin · Findlay · Lima

Midwestern

heartland

Central region of significance

rustbeltIndustrial decay zone
cornfieldsCultivated grain expanses
soybeansProtein-rich Asian legume

farmland · agriculture · flatlands · silos · harvest · buckeye · bluejackets · football · Bengals · Reds

identity

residents

People living somewhere

nativesOriginal local population
localsArea's permanent inhabitants
votersThose who cast ballots

bellwether · battleground · electorate · suburbs · townships · pioneers · settlers · OSU · Scarlet · alumni

notable

astronauts

Crew of spacecraft

presidentsMultiple heads of state
Wright brothersFirst airplane builders
EdisonProlific American inventor

Grant · Taft · Harding · McKinley · Spielberg · Morrison · inventors · aviators · athletes · politicians

Categories

Ohioans
Americanspresidents, senators, governors, generals, authors
demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
Regional PeoplesAfricans, Asians, Australians, Europeans, Scandinavians

Opposites

regional rivalry

OhioansMichiganders

Natives of a Great Lakes state

Pennsylvanians · West Virginians · Kentuckians · Hoosiers

geographic contrast

OhioansHawaiians

Residents of Pacific archipelago

foreigners · Californians · Texans · New Yorkers · Floridians

Family

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G