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

Scooba is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "reed brake".[2] A variant spelling is "Big Scoba Creek".[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Scooba Creek
  2. ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

32°45′54″N 88°22′50″W / 32.76500°N 88.38056°W / 32.76500; -88.38056