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/

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. The Wabash River, a river in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, which is a tributary of the Ohio River.
2. (rail transport, historical) The former Wabash Railroad.

Derived terms

• Wabash County
• Wabashing

Anagrams

• Bashaw, Wahabs, bashaw