Wapakoneta

English

Etymology

From earlier Waughpaughkonnetta, possibly from Shawnee [Term?] (“place of the white bones”), or Shawnee [Term?] (“white jacket”).[1][2]

Proper noun

Wapakoneta

  1. A city, the county seat of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States.

References
  1. “Wapakoneta’s Native American History”, in Wapakoneta.org, 2015
  2. E. Wendell Lamb, Josephine Lamb, Lawrence W. Shultz (1968) More Indian Lore, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 262
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