Okatuppa Creek

Okatuppa Creek is a stream 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
  1. 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.


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