Bayou Costapia is a
stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...
of
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
.
It is a tributary to the
Biloxi River The Biloxi River is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi.
The Biloxi River is named for the Biloxi Indians
The Biloxi tribe are Native Americans of the Siouan language family. They call themselves by the autonym ''Tanêks(a)'' in Siouan Bil ...
.
''Bayou Costapia'' is a name derived from the
Choctaw language
The Choctaw language (Choctaw: ), spoken by the Choctaw, an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, is part of the Muskogean language family. Chickasaw is separate but closely related language to Choctaw.
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahom ...
purported to mean "fleas are therein".
A variant name is "Costapla Creek".
References
Rivers of Mississippi
Rivers of Harrison County, Mississippi
Rivers of Jackson County, Mississippi
Mississippi placenames of Native American origin
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