Toomsuba Creek 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. states of

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and

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. It is a tributary to

Alamuchee Creek Alamuchee Creek is a stream in the U.S. states of Alabama and Mississippi. It is a tributary to the Sucarnoochee River. ''Alamuchee'' most likely is a name derived from the Choctaw language The Choctaw language (Choctaw: ), spoken by the Choct ...

. ''Toomsuba'' is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean either (sources vary) "blue pigeon hawk" or "fish hawk". Variant names are "Tonsabah Creek", "Tonsobah Creek", "Tonsubah Creek", "Toomseba Creek", "Toomsebah Creek", and "Toomsooba Creek". Tributaries include Sucatolba Creek. The creek lends its name to the nearby community of Toomsuba.

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