Sowashee Creek

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

Sowashee is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "raccoons are there". [2] Variant names are "Siwashee Creek", "Sowwasha Creek", and "Sowwashy Creek". [1]

Tributaries include Nanabe Creek.

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sowashee Creek
  2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 98. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.

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