Big Scooba Creek

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Big Scooba Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi. [1]

Scooba is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "reed brake". [2] A variant spelling is "Big Scoba Creek". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Scooba Creek
  2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 91. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.

Coordinates: 32°45′54″N88°22′50″W / 32.76500°N 88.38056°W / 32.76500; -88.38056