Ouachita

English

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Ouachita

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Alternative forms

(mainly historical) Washita

Etymology

Borrowed from French Ouachita.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑːʃɪ.tɑː/
(humorous) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊ.ju.əˈt͡ʃiːtə/
(obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑːʃɪ.tɔː/^[1]
Rhymes: -ɑː
Homophone: Washita

Proper noun

Ouachita

A Native American tribe who lived along the Ouachita River in Louisiana, affiliated with and now subsumed into the Caddo.
A river, the Ouachita River, which flows through Arkansas and Louisiana.

Usage notes

The humorous pronunciation /ˌoʊ.ju.əˈt͡ʃiːtə/ is imitative of a supposedly common mispronunciation among speakers unfamiliar with the French spelling, thus acting as a shibboleth.

Derived terms

Related terms

Washita

References

^ Krapp, George Philip (1925) The English Language in America‎^[1], volume II, New York: Century Co. for the Modern Language Association of America, →OCLC, page 50.

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wa.ʃi.ta/
Rhymes: -a

Proper noun

Ouachita f

Ouachita (Native American tribe)
Ouachita (a river, the Ouachita River, which flows through Arkansas and Louisiana)

[1] Krapp, George Philip (1925) The English Language in America‎^[1], volume II, New York: Century Co. for the Modern Language Association of America, →OCLC, page 50.

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