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Conehoma Creek

Coordinates: 32°59′17″N 89°35′46″W / 32.9881861°N 89.5961875°W / 32.9881861; -89.5961875
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Conehoma Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1]

Conehoma Creek is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "red polecat", a name which could have been applied to an indigenous warrior.[2]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Conehoma Creek
  2. ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

32°59′17″N 89°35′46″W / 32.9881861°N 89.5961875°W / 32.9881861; -89.5961875