Wataga, Missouri

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Wataga is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

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History

A post office called Wataga was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1907. [2] While at least one source states the name is derived from an unidentified Native American language with an obscure meaning, [3] the name may be the Lakota language word signifying "foam" or "froth". [4]

Lakota, also referred to as Lakhota, Teton or Teton Sioux, is a Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people of the Sioux tribes. Though generally taught and considered by speakers as a separate language, Lakota is mutually intelligible with the other two languages, and is considered by most linguists as one of the three major varieties of the Sioux language.

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wataga, Missouri
  2. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Mercer County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  4. ↑ Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 551. ISBN   978-0-8061-3598-4. ...from Lakhota (Siouan) wathage 'foam, froth'.

Coordinates: 40°33′38″N93°38′00″W / 40.56056°N 93.63333°W / 40.56056; -93.63333

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