Talk:Ouachita River

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The word "Washita" is an Indian word meaning "Good hunting grounds" and "sparkling silver water" Since this is linguistically impossible, a reader tends to doubt both "meaings". If "washita" is an autonym there's a better-than-even chance it means "the people." Right, ethnologists?Wetman 15:54, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation

"wash-taw"? I thought it was more like "WASH-i-tah", or at least "WASH-uh-taw", no? Pfly 04:11, 10 January 2007 (UTC)