Suqualena Creek

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

Suqualena is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean (sources vary) "creek on whose banks are camps" or "poor hog". [2] A variant name is "Sookalena Creek". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Suqualena Creek
  2. ↑ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 99. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.

Coordinates: 32°26′06″N88°46′52″W / 32.4348641°N 88.7811589°W / 32.4348641; -88.7811589


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