Editing Waurika, Oklahoma (section)

==City name==
The name is the anglicized version of the [[Comanche language|Comanche]] compound ''woarɨhka'' ("worm eater") from ''woa'' ("worm") + ''tɨhka'' ("eat") and presumably refers to early European settlers whose plowing humorously resembled digging for worms.<ref>William Bright. 2013. ''Native American Placenames of the Southwest'' (Univ. of Oklahoma Press)</ref>  Without indicating the source of their opinions, the City of Waurika and the Oklahoma Historical Society say the name means "clear (or pure) water" in some unidentified "American Indian language".<ref name=City>{{cite web|url= https://www.waurika.gov/visitors/residents/index.php |title=History|publisher=City of Waurika|access-date=November 16, 2020}}</ref><ref name="EOHC-Waurika"/>  This is an example of the widespread occurrence of fanciful [[false etymology|false etymologies]] of Native American place names, especially when the original Native language meaning is simple, insulting, vulgar, or unknown.<ref>William Bright. 2004.  ''Native American Placenames of the United States'' (Univ. of Oklahoma Press)</ref>