Home › Words › O › ouachitaouachita/ˈwɑːʃɪ.tɑː/ouachita means A river which flows through Arkansas and Louisiana.ouachita is pronounced /ˈwɑːʃɪ.tɑː/.EtymologyBorrowed from French Ouachita.nameA river which flows through Arkansas and Louisiana.nounA member of a Native American tribe who lived along the Ouachita River in Louisiana, affiliated with and now subsumed into the Caddo.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.coushatta 58% match — A member of a Native American people found mainly in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. vs ouachita →caddo 58% match — A member of a confederacy of several southeastern Native American tribes, who inhabited much of what is now East Texas, western Louisiana and portions of southern Arkansas and Oklahoma in the 16th century. vs ouachita →chaouacha 57% match — An indigenous people of Louisiana. vs ouachita →yuchi 57% match — Any of a Native American tribe from the eastern Tennessee River valley, nowadays found mostly in northeastern Oklahoma. vs ouachita →waco 56% match — A Southern Plains Native American Wichita tribe that formerly inhabited northeastern Texas. vs ouachita →chitimacha 56% match — A member of a Native American tribe inhabiting Louisiana. vs ouachita →chickasaw 56% match — A member of a Native American nation, now concentrated in southeastern Oklahoma. vs ouachita →kadohadacho 55% match — A member of a Native American tribe within the Caddo confederacy, who traditionally lived at the borders of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. vs ouachita →