Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...

Alibamu The Alabama or Alibamu ( akz, Albaamaha) are a Southeastern culture people of Native Americans, originally from Alabama. They were members of the Muscogee Creek Confederacy, a loose trade and military organization of autonomous towns; their home ...

Cherokee The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, t ...

Chickasaw The Chickasaw ( ) are an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands. Their traditional territory was in the Southeastern United States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee as well in southwestern Kentucky. Their language is classified as ...

Choctaw The Choctaw (in the Choctaw language, Chahta) are a Native American people originally based in the Southeastern Woodlands, in what is now Alabama and Mississippi. Their Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choctaw people are ...

Koasati The Coushatta ( cku, Koasati, Kowassaati or Kowassa:ti) are a Muskogean-speaking Native American people now living primarily in the U.S. states of Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. When first encountered by Europeans, they lived in the territor ...

Muscogee The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy ( in the Muscogee language), are a group of related indigenous (Native American) peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands With the exception of the Cherokee, all of the historical Alabama tribes speak

Muskogean languages Muskogean (also Muskhogean, Muskogee) is a Native American language family spoken in different areas of the Southeastern United States. Though the debate concerning their interrelationships is ongoing, the Muskogean languages are generally div ...

. There are competing classification systems, but the traditionally accepted usage divides the dialects into Eastern Muskogean (Alibamu, Koasatia, and Muscogee) and Western Muskogean (Chickasaw and Choctaw). The

Cherokee language 200px, Number of speakers Cherokee or Tsalagi ( chr, ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ, ) is an endangered-to-moribund Iroquoian language and the native language of the Cherokee people. ''Ethnologue'' states that there were 1,520 Cherokee speaker ...

belongs to the separate Iroquoian language family.

Listings

State

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Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...

– named for the

Alibamu The Alabama or Alibamu ( akz, Albaamaha) are a Southeastern culture people of Native Americans, originally from Alabama. They were members of the Muscogee Creek Confederacy, a loose trade and military organization of autonomous towns; their home ...

, a tribe whose name derives from a

Choctaw The Choctaw (in the Choctaw language, Chahta) are a Native American people originally based in the Southeastern Woodlands, in what is now Alabama and Mississippi. Their Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choctaw people are ...

phrase meaning "thicket-clearers" or "plant-cutters" (from ''albah'', "(medicinal) plants", and ''amo'', "to clear"). **

Alabama River The Alabama River, in the U.S. state of Alabama, is formed by the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers, which unite about north of Montgomery, near the town of Wetumpka. The river flows west to Selma, then southwest until, about from Mobile, it un ...

Counties

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Autauga County Autauga County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 58,805. Its county seat is Prattville. Autauga County is part of the Montgomery metropolitan area. History Auta ...

– from the

Alibamu The Alabama or Alibamu ( akz, Albaamaha) are a Southeastern culture people of Native Americans, originally from Alabama. They were members of the Muscogee Creek Confederacy, a loose trade and military organization of autonomous towns; their home ...

phrase ''atagi'', meaning "pure water". *

Cherokee County Cherokee County is the name of eight counties in the United States: * Cherokee County, Alabama * Cherokee County, Georgia * Cherokee County, Iowa * Cherokee County, Kansas * Cherokee County, North Carolina * Cherokee County, Oklahoma * Cherokee Co ...

– named after the

Cherokee people The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, th ...

. ** Shared with the town of

Cherokee The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, t ...

. * Choctaw County – named after the

Choctaw people The Choctaw (in the Choctaw language, Chahta) are a Native American people originally based in the Southeastern Woodlands, in what is now Alabama and Mississippi. Their Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choctaw people are ...

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Conecuh County Conecuh County () is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 11,597. Its county seat is Evergreen. Its name is believed to be derived from a Creek Indian term meaning ...

– from the Muscogee phrase ''koha anaka'', meaning "near

Canebrake A canebrake or canebreak is a thicket of any of a variety of ''Arundinaria'' grasses: '' A. gigantea'', '' A. tecta'' and '' A. appalachiana''. As a bamboo, these giant grasses grow in thickets up to 24 ft tall. ''A. gigantea'' is generally ...

". ** Shared with the

Conecuh River The Conecuh River and Escambia River constitute a single river in Alabama and Florida in the United States. The Conecuh River rises near Union Springs in the state and flows in a general southwesterly direction into Florida near Century. The r ...

. * Coosa County – from the Choctaw phrase ''koshak'', meaning "

cane Cane or caning may refer to: *Walking stick or walking cane, a device used primarily to aid walking *Assistive cane, a walking stick used as a mobility aid for better balance *White cane, a mobility or safety device used by many people who are b ...

". ** Shared with the

Coosa River The Coosa River is a tributary of the Alabama River in the U.S. states of Alabama and Georgia. The river is about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011 ...

. * Escambia County – from the Choctaw phrase ''oski ambeha'', meaning "the cane therein". *

Etowah County Etowah County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 103,436. Its county seat is Gadsden. Its name is from a Cherokee word meaning "edible tree". In total area, it is ...

– likely from an extinct Cherokee settlement named ''Etiwaw''. *

Mobile County Mobile County ( ) is located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the second most-populous county in the state after Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its po ...

– named after a clan of the Alibamu, perhaps from Choctaw ''moeli'', meaning "to row" or "to paddle". ** Shared with the city of

Mobile Mobile may refer to: Places * Mobile, Alabama, a U.S. port city * Mobile County, Alabama * Mobile, Arizona, a small town near Phoenix, U.S. * Mobile, Newfoundland and Labrador Arts, entertainment, and media Music Groups and labels * Mobile ( ...

, the

Mobile Bay Mobile Bay ( ) is a shallow inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States. Its mouth is formed by the Fort Morgan Peninsula on the eastern side and Dauphin Island, a barrier island on the western side. The ...

and the

Mobile River The Mobile River is located in southern Alabama in the United States. Formed out of the confluence of the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers, the approximately river drains an area of of Alabama, with a watershed extending into Mississippi, Georg ...

. * Talladega County – derived from the Muscogee phrase ''italua atigi'', meaning "town on the border". ** Shared with the cities of Talladega and Talladega Springs. * Tallapoosa County – from the Choctaw words ''tali'' (rock) and ''pushi'' (pulverized). ** Shared with the

Tallapoosa River The Tallapoosa River runs U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011 from the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains in Georgia, United States, southward and wes ...

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Tuscaloosa County Tuscaloosa County is a county in the northwest-central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama and is the center of commerce, education, industry, health care, and entertainment for the region. The county's population was 227,036 as of the 2020 c ...

– derived from Muskogean words ''tashka'' (warrior) and ''lusa'' (black). Chief

Tuskaloosa Tuskaloosa (''Tuskalusa'', ''Tastaluca'', ''Tuskaluza'') (died 1540) was a paramount chief of a Mississippian chiefdom in what is now the U.S. state of Alabama. His people were possibly ancestors to the several southern Native American confeder ...

is remembered for leading a battle against Spanish

conquistador Conquistadors (, ) or conquistadores (, ; meaning 'conquerors') were the explorer-soldiers of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires of the 15th and 16th centuries. During the Age of Discovery, conquistadors sailed beyond Europe to the Americas, O ...

Hernando de Soto Hernando de Soto (; ; 1500 – 21 May, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and '' conquistador'' who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula. He played an important role in Francisco Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire ...

in southern Alabama in 1540. ** Shared with the city of

Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa ( ) is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal and Piedmont plains meet. Alabama's fifth-largest city, it had an estimated population of 1 ...

.

Settlements

* Arbacoochee – from the Muskogean phrase ''abihkuchi'', meaning "a pile at the base". * Attalla – from the

Cherokee The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, t ...

word ''otali'', meaning "mountain". *

Bashi Bashi ( fa, باشي, also Romanized as Bāshī) is a village in Delvar Rural District, Delvar District, Tangestan County, Bushehr Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country ...

– from the Choctaw phrase ''bachaya'', meaning "line" or "row". * Bogue Chitto – from the Choctaw phrase ''book chito'', meaning "big creek". * Boligee – from the Choctaw phrase ''boolitusha'', meaning "to strike and cut into pieces". * Cahaba – from the Choctaw phrase ''oka-uba'', meaning "water from above". ** Shared with the

Cahaba River The Cahaba River is the longest substantially free-flowing river in Alabama and is among the most scenic and biologically diverse rivers in the United States. It is a major tributary of the Alabama River and part of the larger Mobile River basin. ...

. * Chewacla – from the Hitchiti phrase ''sawackla'', meaning "raccoon village". ** Shared with

Chewacla State Park Chewacla State Park is a public recreation area in Auburn, Alabama, Auburn, Alabama, occupying to the south of Interstate 85. The state park's central feature, Lake Chewacla, provides opportunities for fishing, swimming, and non-motorized boati ...

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Chickasaw The Chickasaw ( ) are an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands. Their traditional territory was in the Southeastern United States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee as well in southwestern Kentucky. Their language is classified as ...

- named for the

Chickasaw The Chickasaw ( ) are an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands. Their traditional territory was in the Southeastern United States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee as well in southwestern Kentucky. Their language is classified as ...

tribe. * Coosada - named for the

Coushatta The Coushatta ( cku, Koasati, Kowassaati or Kowassa:ti) are a Muskogean-speaking Native American people now living primarily in the U.S. states of Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. When first encountered by Europeans, they lived in the territor ...

tribe. * Cusseta - a Muscogee tribal town. *

Eastaboga, Alabama Eastaboga is an unincorporated community on the border of Talladega and Calhoun counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. It was previously called McFall, named for a settling family in the 1850s, and incorporated in 1898, only to be disincorporate ...

- from Muscogee (person), (in water, a low place), (from the work : to sit/live). * Escatawpa – from the Choctaw phrase ''eskatawpa'', meaning "the place where cane is cut". ** Shared with the

Escatawpa River Escatawpa River is a river in the states of Alabama and Mississippi. It is a tributary of the Pascagoula River. ''Escatawpa '' is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "where Canebrake, cane is cut". See also *List of rivers of Alaba ...

. * Eufaula - from the Muscogee , the name of a tribal town. * Eutaw - possibly from the Cherokee ''Etiwaw'' and its earlier form ''iitaawaa'' ( long leafed pine tree). * Kahatchie - from the Muscogee ''koha hachi'' (cane creek). * Letohatchee - from the Muscogee ''li ito fachita'' (those who make arrows straight). *

Loachapoka Loachapoka () is a town in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is located less than 1/2 mile west of Auburn and approximately west of Auburn University, in west-central Lee County. The population was 180 as of the 2010 census. It is part of ...

- from the Muscogee (where the turtles live/sit) (from the words and ) . * Lubbub and Lubbub Creek - from the

Choctaw The Choctaw (in the Choctaw language, Chahta) are a Native American people originally based in the Southeastern Woodlands, in what is now Alabama and Mississippi. Their Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choctaw people are ...

word , which means "warm". * Nanafalia - from the Choctaw words ''nanih'' (hill) and (long). * Notasulga - from the Muscogee ''noti sulgi'' (many teeth). * Oakmulgee - from the

Hitchiti The Hitchiti ( ) were a historic indigenous tribe in the Southeast United States. They formerly resided chiefly in a town of the same name on the east bank of the Chattahoochee River, four miles below Chiaha, in western present-day Georgia. The n ...

word ''ockmulgee'', which means "bubbling water," with ''oki'' meaning "water" and ''mulgi'' meaning "boiling". * Ohatchee - possibly from the Muscogee ''oh hacci'' (upper stream). * Oneonta - possibly from the Iroquoian (protruding stone). *

Opelika Opelika (pronounced ) is a city in and the county seat of Lee County in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of Opelika is ...

- from the Muscogee (big swamp). * Panola - from Choctaw word or (

cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus ''Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor perce ...

). * Pintlala from the

Muscogee The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy ( in the Muscogee language), are a group of related indigenous (Native American) peoples of the Southeastern WoodlandsSylacauga Sylacauga is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,578. Sylacauga is known for its fine white marble bedrock. This was discovered shortly after settlers moved into the area and has been ...

- from the Muscogee words ''sule'' (

buzzard Buzzard is the common name of several species of birds of prey. ''Buteo'' species * Archer's buzzard (''Buteo archeri'') * Augur buzzard (''Buteo augur'') * Broad-winged hawk (''Buteo platypterus'') * Common buzzard (''Buteo buteo'') * Eastern ...

) and ''kake'' (sitting). * Talladega, Talladega County, and Talladega Springs - talladega is derived from the Muscogee words (town), and (at the end, on the border). * Tallahatta Springs - adaptation of Choctaw words, ''tali'' (rock) and ''hata'' (silver, white). * Tallapoosa County and

Tallapoosa River The Tallapoosa River runs U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011 from the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains in Georgia, United States, southward and wes ...

- from the Choctaw words ''tali'' (rock) and ''pushi'' (pulverized). * Tallassee - from the Muscogee ''

talwa A tribal town (Muscogee language, Muscogee ''talwa'', Hitchiti language, Hitchiti ''okla'') was a form of political and social organization of people in what is now the southeastern United States from at least the 16th century into the 19th century ...

hasi'' (old town). * Tensaw and

Tensaw River The Tensaw River is a river in Baldwin County, Alabama. The name ''Tensaw'' is derived from the historic indigenous Taensa people. Overview It is a distributary of the Mobile River, approximately long. It is formed as a bayou of the Mobile appro ...

-

Etymology Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological chan ...

is unclear. May be related to the

Natchez Natchez may refer to: Places * Natchez, Alabama, United States * Natchez, Indiana, United States * Natchez, Louisiana, United States * Natchez, Mississippi, a city in southwestern Mississippi, United States * Grand Village of the Natchez, a site o ...

. * Tibbie - a shortened form of the Choctaw word "oakibbeha". Oakibbeha means "blocks of ice therein," with ''okti'' meaning "ice" and the plural form ''abeha'' meaning "to be in". * Tuscumbia - from the Choctaw words ''tashka'' (warrior) and abi (killer). * Tuskegee – from the Koasati phrase ''tasquiqui'', meaning "warriors". *

Uchee The Yuchi people, also spelled Euchee and Uchee, are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribe based in Oklahoma. In the 16th century, Yuchi people lived in the eastern Tennessee River valley in Tennessee. In the late 17th c ...

– named after the

Yuchi people The Yuchi people, also spelled Euchee and Uchee, are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribe based in Oklahoma. In the 16th century, Yuchi people lived in the eastern Tennessee River valley in Tennessee. In the late 17th c ...

, whose name roughly translates to mean "sitting at a distance". ** Shared with the Uchee Creek. * Wedowee - a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

, possibly Muskogean for water sumac. * Weogufka - from Creek wi, “water”, plus ogufki, “muddy” also Creek Indian for the Mississippi. *

Wetumpka Wetumpka () is a city in and the county seat of Elmore County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 7,220. In the early 21st century Elmore County became one of the fastest-growing counties in the state. The city is ...

– from the Muscogee phrase ''wewau tumcau'', meaning "rumbling water".

Bodies of water

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Buttahatchee River The Buttahatchee River is a tributary of the Tombigbee River, about long, in northwestern Alabama and northeastern Mississippi in the United States. Via the Tombigbee River, it is part of the watershed of the Mobile River, which flows to the Gul ...

- from the Choctaw words ''bati'' (

sumac Sumac ( or ), also spelled sumach, is any of about 35 species of flowering plants in the genus ''Rhus'' and related genera in the cashew family (Anacardiaceae). Sumacs grow in subtropical and temperate regions throughout the world, including Eas ...

) and (river). *

Chattahoochee River The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chatta ...

- from the

Muskogean Muskogean (also Muskhogean, Muskogee) is a Native American language family spoken in different areas of the Southeastern United States. Though the debate concerning their interrelationships is ongoing, the Muskogean languages are generally div ...

words ''chato'' (rock) and ''huchi'' (marked). *

Chattooga River The Chattooga River (also spelled Chatooga, Chatuga, and Chautaga, variant name Guinekelokee River) is the main tributary of the Tugaloo River. Water course The headwaters of the Chattooga River are located southwest of Cashiers, North Carolin ...

- may derive from the Cherokee word ''jitaaga'' (chicken) or

Muscogee The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy ( in the Muscogee language), are a group of related indigenous (Native American) peoples of the Southeastern WoodlandsChoctawhatchee River The Choctawhatchee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed 15 April 2011 river in the southern United States, flowing through southeast Alabama and the Panhandle o ...

- Choctaw word ''hacha'' (river) and the name for the tribe, literally the "River of the Choctaws". *

Luxapallila Creek Luxapalila Creek (also spelled Luxapallila Creek) is a stream in Mississippi and Alabama in the United States. ''Luxapalila'' means "flying turtle" in the Choctaw language. The creek drains a watershed of and flows through Lamar County, Mario ...

- from Choctaw words ''luksi a balali'' (turtles crawl there) *

Noxubee River 200px, right The Noxubee River (NAHKS-uh-bee) is a tributary of the Tombigbee River, about long, in east-central Mississippi and west-central Alabama in the United States. Via the Tombigbee, it is part of the watershed of the Mobile River, whi ...

- derived from Choctaw word ''nakshobi'' (to stink). * Quilby Creek, creek in Sumter County. 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 "creek where the panther was killed". *

Sea Warrior Creek Sea Warrior Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Alabama. "Sea Warrior" is the result of a name corrupted from the Choctaw language (''Isawaya'') purported to mean "crouching deer". References

Rivers of Alabama Rivers of Choctaw Count ...

, creek in Choctaw County. "Sea Warrior" is the result of a name corrupted 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 ...

(''Isawaya'') purported to mean "crouching deer". *

Sepulga River The Sepulga River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 15, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Alabama. It originates at the confluence of the East Sepulga and West Sep ...

- possibly from the Muscogee ''svwokle'', a tribal town. *

Sipsey River Sipsey is the name of several features in the U.S. state of Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = H ...

- from the Choctaw word ''sipsi'' ( cottonwood). *

Sucarnoochee River The Sucarnoochee River is a river in Kemper County, Mississippi, Kemper County, Mississippi and Sumter County, Alabama, Sumter County, Alabama. It originates at , near Porterville, Mississippi, and discharges into the Tombigbee River at . It is lo ...

- probably from the Choctaw words ''shokha'' ( hog) and ''hachcha'' (stream). *

Tensaw River The Tensaw River is a river in Baldwin County, Alabama. The name ''Tensaw'' is derived from the historic indigenous Taensa people. Overview It is a distributary of the Mobile River, approximately long. It is formed as a bayou of the Mobile appro ...

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Tombigbee River The Tombigbee River is a tributary of the Mobile River, approximately 200 mi (325 km) long, in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Alabama. Together with the Alabama, it merges to form the short Mobile River before the latter empties int ...

- from the Choctaw words ''Itte-ombee-eye ika-abee'' (wooden box making river). *

Waxahatchee Creek Waxahatchee Creek is a tributary of the lower Coosa River near Shelby, Alabama. It forms the southeastern border between Shelby County and Chilton County, where it is crossed by Alabama State Route 145. The lower reaches of Waxahatchee Creek are b ...

- from the Muscogee (a

clan A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, meaning ...

name) and (stream).

Other

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Cheaha Mountain Cheaha Mountain , often called Mount Cheaha, is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is located a few miles northwest of the town of Delta in Cheaha State Park, which offers a lodge, a restaurant, and other amenities. Desc ...

- derived from the Choctaw word ''chaha'', meaning "high".

References

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