Ouachita

American  

[wosh-i-taw, waw-shi-] / ˈwɒʃ ɪˌtɔ, ˈwɔ ʃɪ- /

Or Washita

noun

• Ouachitas,
  plural
• Ouachita
  plural

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.

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Ouachita British  

/ 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)

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Ouachita
  plural
• Ouachitas
  plural

Example Sentences

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Ouachita Ouachitas

The population of nearby Ouachita Parish, which includes Monroe, had also been declining.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Carbeck and colleagues from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, University of Alaska and Ouachita Baptist University used the power of whole-genome sequencing to decode the entire song sparrow genome and unlock its secrets.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2023

McCurtain County is in far southeast Oklahoma, in the forested foothills of the Ouachita mountains, bordering Arkansas and Texas.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 20, 2023

To address that, Ouachita secured an $8 million federal grant to kickstart an energy savings program and build a solar array.

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2023

The Ouachita mounds as they may have appeared at their creation, 5,400 years ago.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

He then returned to the new fort he was erecting on the Mississippi, and Bienville went to explore the country of the Yatasses, of the Natchitoches, and of the Ouachitas.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 by Rudd, John

He then returned to the new fort he was erecting on the Mississippi, and Bienville went to explore the country of the Yatasses, of the Natchitoehes, and of the Ouachitas.

From Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

Along the upper course of the White river in the Bostons and in the country about Hot Springs in the Ouachitas is found the most beautiful scenery of the highlands; few regions are more beautiful.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

Subsequently, in the late Paleozoic a significant range stood where the Ouachitas now are.

From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth