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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