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