Tibbee Creek is 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 sove ...
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. Mis ...
.
''Tibbee'' 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 Oklaho ...
purported to mean "icy water".
Variant names are "Oktibbeha Creek", "Tibbee River", and "Tibby Creek".
References
Rivers of Mississippi
Rivers of Clay County, Mississippi
Rivers of Lowndes County, Mississippi
Mississippi placenames of Native American origin
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