Pawticfaw Creek is a
stream
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in the
U.S. state
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of
Mississippi
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.
''Pawticfaw'' 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 "place where wild animals have shed their hair".
Variant names are "Paticfaw Creek", "Patigfor Creek", "Pawticfow Creek", "Petickfa Creek", "Petickfaw", "Pettickfaw Creek", "Pettitickfaw Creek", "Pitticfaw", "Pittickfau Creek", "Pittiefaw", and "Poticfaw Creek".
References
Rivers of Mississippi
Rivers of Kemper County, Mississippi
Mississippi placenames of Native American origin
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