Word: ouabouigou
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...fact, Wabash was little more than a sleepy hoosier hamlet whose forefathers picked up the town name from the local Indians. The Indians called it Ouabouigou, which means "shining white." Fittingly enough, in 1880 Wabash became the first town in the world to install electric street lights. An uninspired Ezra Pound pined away on the Wabash faculty until he was dismissed after allowing a destitute woman of ill repute to spend a night in his room, an act which offended the straightlaced morals of the town...
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