Ouachita

or Wash·i·ta

[ wosh-i-taw, waw-shi- ]

/ ˈwɒʃ ɪˌtɔ, ˈwɔ ʃɪ- /

noun, plural Ouach·i·tas, (especially collectively) Ouach·i·ta for 2.

a river flowing SE from W Arkansas through NE Louisiana to the Red River. 605 miles (975 km) long.

a member of a former North American Indian tribe, apparently of the Caddoan stock, of NE Louisiana.

Example sentences from the Web for ouachita

Andrew Norris, my father's old master, was the first sheriff of Ouachita County.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves |Work Projects Administration
What do you expect us to do if we quit our trade, as you call it—go into Walla Walla or Ouachita and give ourselves up?

The Night of the Long Knives |Fritz Reuter Leiber
But when we got tuh dis country we settled bout seven or eight miles fum Camden in Ouachita County.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 |Work Projects Administration
Making their way from here they crossed the Ouachita River on the other side of Arkadelphia.

Slave Narratives: Arkansas Narratives |Work Projects Administration

The Ouachita Mountains are characterized by close folding and faulting.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for ouachita

Ouachita

Washita

/ (ˈwɒʃɪˌtɔː) /

noun

a river in the S central US, rising in the Ouachita Mountains and flowing east, south, and southeast into the Red River in E Louisiana. Length: 974 km (605 miles)

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Ouachita

or Wash·i·ta

noun, plural Ouach·i·tas, (especially collectively) Ouach·i·ta for 2.

Example sentences from the Web for ouachita

British Dictionary definitions for ouachita

Washita

noun