Wabash
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English
Etymology
Via French Ouabache, from Miami (“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
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Arkansas.
- A city, the county seat of Wabash County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Cass County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Ohio.
- A ghost town in Mineral County, West Virginia.
- A number of townships in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, listed under Wabash Township.
- The Wabash River, a river in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, which is a tributary of the Ohio River.
- (rail transport, historical) The former Wabash Railroad.