Abiaca Creek

Abiaca Creek is a stream in Carroll, Leflore and Holmes counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1]

Abiaca is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "the side of a swamp or creek".[2] Variant names are "Abaytche Creek", "Abiacha Creek", "Abyache Creek", "Abyatcch Creek", "Abyatchie Creek", and "Coila Abiache Creek".[1]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Abiaca Creek
  2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.


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