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has gloss | eng: Fort Ouiatenon was the first fortified European settlement in what is now called Indiana. It was a French trading post at the joining of the Tippecanoe River and the Wabash River located approximately three miles southwest of modern-day West Lafayette. The name Ouiatenon is a French rendering of the name in the Wea language, waayaahtanonki, meaning place of the whirlpool. |
has gloss | eng: Fort Ouiatenon was the first fortified European settlement in what is now the U.S. state of Indiana. It is approximately three miles southwest of modern-day West Lafayette. |
lexicalization | eng: Fort ouiatenon |
instance of | c/French forts in the United States |
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has gloss | fra: Fort Ouiatenon fut un fort français construit au XVIIIsiècle en Nouvelle-France. |
lexicalization | fra: fort Ouiatenon |
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media:img | Fort Ouiatenon blockhouse front.jpg |
media:img | Fort Ouiatenon blockhouse.png |
media:img | Fort Ouiatenon marker.png |
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