Pachuta Creek

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

Pachuta is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "pigeons roost there". [2] A variant transliteration is "Patchuta Creek". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pachuta Creek
  2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 78. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.

Coordinates: 32°00′41″N88°50′01″W / 32.0112622°N 88.8336594°W / 32.0112622; -88.8336594