Ouachita

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French Ouachita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑːʃɪ.tɑː/, /ˈoʊˌju.əˌt͡ʃi.tə/
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈwɑːʃɪ.tɔː/

Proper noun

Ouachita

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

Usage notes

The humorous pronunciation /ˈoʊˌju.əˌtʃi.tə/ is imitative of a supposedly common mispronunciation, as a speaker unfamiliar with the word may liken it to O-U-acheeta. Thus, the word can act as a shibboleth.

Derived terms

References

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

French

Etymology

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Proper noun

Ouachita f

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