Puss Cuss Creek is a stream in
Choctaw County,
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 ...
in the
United States
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. It is a tributary of
Okatuppa Creek Okatuppa Creek is a stream in Choctaw County in the U.S. state of Alabama.
''Okatuppa'' is a name derived from the Choctaw language
The Choctaw language (Choctaw: ), spoken by the Choctaw, an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, i ...
.
The name ''Puss Cuss'' is derived 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 "child crying".
See also
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List of rivers of Alabama
This is a list of rivers of the US state of Alabama. Alabama has over 77,000 miles of rivers and streams with more freshwater biodiversity than any other US state. Alabama's rivers are among the most biologically diverse waterways in the world. 38 ...
References
Rivers of Choctaw County, Alabama
Rivers of Alabama
Tributaries of the Tombigbee River
Alabama placenames of Native American origin
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