Ouachita

or Wash·i·ta

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

noun

, plural Ouach·i·tas, (especially collectively) Ouach·i·ta

1. a river flowing SE from W Arkansas through NE Louisiana to the Red River. 605 miles (975 km) long.
2. a member of a former North American Indian tribe, apparently of the Caddoan stock, of NE Louisiana.

Ouachita

/ ˈwɒʃɪˌtɔː /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

This Ozark-Ouachita region—by whatever name finally designated—is one with a long and varied, nay, even a poetic history.

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Making their way from here they crossed the Ouachita River on the other side of Arkadelphia.

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Did she know there'd been a pitched battle fought by expeditionary forces from Ouachita and Savannah Fortress?

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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?

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He telled them the Williams white folks in Camden on the Ouachita.

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