Washoe

[ wosh-oh, waw-shoh ]

/ ˈwɒʃ oʊ, ˈwɔ ʃoʊ /

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noun

1965–2007, female chimpanzee: first ape trained to communicate with humans by means of a sign language.

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Origin of Washoe

Named after Washoe County, in northwest Nevada, where the chimpanzee was raised

He found there a number of friends from Washoe, including the Rev. Mr. Rising, whose health had failed from overwork.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
We reached Washoe with our very marrows almost burnt out by sleeplessness, sickness, and agony of mind.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 78, April, 1864|Various
Neither the gold reaches of Colorado nor the silver-bearing "leads" of the Washoe district had as yet been discovered.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867|Various
Children are invariably welcomed and made much of at birth, though it is seldom a Washoe woman has more than four or five babies.
The Lake of the Sky|George Wharton James

A friend of mine was out with a Washoe Indian whose boy was along on his first hunting expedition.
The Lake of the Sky|George Wharton James