Besa Chitto Creek

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Besa Chitto Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi. [1] It is a tributary to the Yockanookany River with a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "blackberry big creek". [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Besa Chitto Creek
  2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 7. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.

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