English Explanatory Dictionary

Wabash

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈwɔbæʃ/ /ˈwɑbæʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-Wabash.wav

Word forms

Wabash

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”).

Derived words

Wabash County Wabashing
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