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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

워배시

Native Script:워배시 강

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Wobaesi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Wabash/ˈwɔː.bæʃ/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #25000 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"워배시 강은 인디애나주를 관통하여 흐른다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A river in the United States, flowing southwest from western Ohio through Indiana and into the Ohio River.

    "The historic song immortalized the banks of the Wabash River."
  2. 2

    A heavy cotton work shirt or fabric characterized by small white discharge-printed dots arranged in vertical lines, originally popularized in American railway culture.

    "He wore a vintage indigo wabash vest to complete his rugged outfit."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Miami-Illinois indigenous word 'Waapaahshiki', meaning 'it shines white' or 'pure white', referring to the limestone bed of the Wabash River. The term was adopted into English during the early American colonial period to designate the prominent river flowing through Indiana and Illinois, later becoming a cultural and geographic identifier.

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