North Tippah Creek

North Tippah Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi.^[1] It joins with South Tippah Creek to form the Tippah River.

Tippah is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "to eat one another", i.e. cannibalism.^[2] A variant name is "Tippah Creek".^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: North Tippah Creek
^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

34°43′16″N 89°03′32″W / 34.7212077°N 89.0589550°W / 34.7212077; -89.0589550

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[GNIS-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: North Tippah Creek

[2] Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

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