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Piqua
Piqua , city (1990 pop. 20,612), Miami co., W Ohio, on the Miami River; settled 1797, chartered 1929. It is an industrial city with diverse manufactures, including airplane and automobile parts, steel and iron, paper, aluminum, wood, and metal products. Of special interest is a historical area just north of the city, the site of a number of old Native American villages and of battles during the last conflict of the French and Indian Wars . |
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Piqua
Piqua, Ohio/USA Washington Named after one of the four divisions of the Shawnee whose name signifies ‘Ashes’. On the site of the original village, the town of Washington was laid out in 1807, but its Shawnee name was readopted in 1816.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Piqua." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Piqua." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Piqua.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Piqua." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Piqua.html |
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