Idaho
Ida·ho/ˈaɪdəˌhoʊ/noun
Idaho is a noun meaning “In full Idaho potato: a variety of potato grown in Idaho, especially the Russet Burbank” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-D-A-H-O and has 2 syllables (Ida·ho), and it appears 8.1 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Idaho is Idahos.
What does Idaho mean?
noun
- 1
In full Idaho potato: a variety of potato grown in Idaho, especially the Russet Burbank.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Idaho?
- UK /ˈaɪdəhəʊ/
- US /ˈaɪdəˌhoʊ/
Idaho has 2 syllables, split Ida·ho in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Idaho.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Idaho
- Idahos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Idaho?
Idaho appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does Idaho come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).