Wabash

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Wabash

/ˈwɔbæʃ/ US
/ˈwɑbæʃ/ US

Where it comes from

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”).

proper noun

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.
A river in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, which is a tributary of the Ohio River; in full, the Wabash River.
historical The former Wabash Railroad.

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"Wabash." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wabash. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{wabash_2026,
  title = {Wabash},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wabash},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}