Ouachita

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French Ouachita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑːʃɪ.tɑː/
  • (humorous) IPA(key): /ˌoʊ.ju.əˈt͡ʃiːtə/
  • IPA(key): (obsolete) /ˈwɑːʃɪ.tɔː/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Homophone: Washita

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 /ˌoʊ.ju.əˈt͡ʃiːtə/ is imitative of a supposedly common mispronunciation among speakers unfamiliar with the French spelling, thus acting as a shibboleth.

Derived terms

References

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

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.ʃi.ta/
  • Rhymes: -a

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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