Wabash

English

Etymology

Via French Ouabache, from Miami [Term?] (“it shines white”), referring to the Wabash River (which has a limestone bed), ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p- (“(be) white”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɔbæʃ/, /ˈwɑbæʃ/
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Proper noun

Wabash

  1. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Arkansas.
    2. A city, the county seat of Wabash County, Indiana.
    3. An unincorporated community in Cass County, Nebraska.
    4. An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Ohio.
    5. A ghost town in Mineral County, West Virginia.
    6. A number of townships in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, listed under Wabash Township.
    7. A river in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, which is a tributary of the Ohio River; in full, the Wabash River.
  2. (rail transport, historical) The former Wabash Railroad.

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