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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Idaho mean? 

• IDAHO (noun)
  The noun IDAHO has 1 sense:

1. a state in the Rocky Mountains

  Familiarity information: IDAHO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IDAHO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state in the Rocky Mountains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Gem State; ID; Id.; Idaho

Instance hypernyms:

American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "Idaho"):

Yellowstone National Park (the first national park in the United States; located in the border area between Wyoming and Montana and Idaho; spectacular wilderness; famous for Old Faithful geyser and for buffalo and bears)

Boise; capital of Idaho (the capital and largest city of Idaho)

Coeur d'Alene (a town in the northern panhandle of Idaho; popular resort area)

Idaho Falls (a town in southeastern Idaho on the Snake River)

Lewiston (a town in northwestern Idaho)

Nampa (a town in southwestern Idaho)

Pocatello (a university town in southeastern Idaho)

Sun Valley (a winter sports resort in south central Idaho)

Twin Falls (a town on the Snake River in south central Idaho near the Twin Falls)

Coeur d'Alene Lake (a lake in northern Idaho)

Salmon; Salmon River (a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho)

Snake; Snake River (a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition)

Holonyms ("Idaho" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

 Context examples 

A new study led by University of Idaho researchers suggests there could be two tiny, previously undiscovered moonlets orbiting near two of the planet’s rings.

(Uranus May Have Two Undiscovered Moons, NASA)

A census division of the United States consisting of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

(Mountain States Census Division, NCI Thesaurus)

The area in the United States comprised of the following states: Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona.

(Mountain States, NCI Thesaurus)

His prospecting led him through the Dakotas, Idaho, and eastern Oregon, and on into the mountains of British Columbia.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)