Big Oktibee Creek

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

Oktibee is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning either "bloody water" or "icy creek".[2] Variant names are "Big Oaktibbee Creek", "Oakitbee Creek", "Oaktibbee Creek", "Oaktibee Creek", "Oktibbeh Creek", and "Oktibee Creek".[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Oktibee Creek
  2. ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

31°03′23″N 88°46′30″W / 31.05639°N 88.77500°W / 31.05639; -88.77500