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Okatuppa Creek

Coordinates: 31°53′01″N 88°18′00″W / 31.88361°N 88.30000°W / 31.88361; -88.30000
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Okatuppa Creek is a stream in Choctaw County in the U.S. state of Alabama.[1]

Okatuppa is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "parted water" or "dammed".[2] Variant names include "Bogueloosa Creek", "Oak Trapper Creek", "Oak Tuppa Creek", "Oakatuppa Creek", "Oaktupa Creek", "Oaktuppa Creek", and "Oka Tuppah Creek".[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Okatuppa Creek
  2. ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

31°53′01″N 88°18′00″W / 31.88361°N 88.30000°W / 31.88361; -88.30000