→Etymology: The name is from the Muscogee (Creek-Seminole) language, which is more specific than "Muskhogean." (We don't ascribe English place names to "Germanic peoples.")
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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The Withlacoochee River received its name from the [[Muskhogean|Muskogean]] peopleswho inhabited SouthGeorgia. It comes from the compound [[Creek language|Creek]] word ''ue-rakkuce'' [IPA: {{IPA|wiɬakːut͡ʃi}}], from ''ue'' "water", ''rakko'' "big", and ''-uce'' "small", with the rough translation "little river."<ref>{{cite book|last=Simpson|first=J. Clarence|editor=Mark F. Boyd|title=Florida Place-Names of Indian Derivation|publisher=Florida Geological Survey|year=1956|location=Tallahassee, Florida}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0qDkYfyX010C&q=A+Dictionary+of+Creek%2FMuskogee+withlacoochee&pg=PA183|title=A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee|last1=Martin|first1=Jack B.|last2=Mauldin|first2=Margaret McKane|date=2004-12-01|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=0803283024|pages=183|language=en}}</ref> English speakers then changed the Muskogee [[Voiceless dental and alveolar lateral fricatives|voiceless lateral]] spelled ''r'' to "thl".
The Withlacoochee River received its name from the indigenous [[Muscogee]] and [[Seminole]] people. It comes from the compound [[Creek language|Creek]] word ''ue-rakkuce'' [IPA: {{IPA|wiɬakːut͡ʃi}}], from ''ue'' "water", ''rakko'' "big", and ''-uce'' "small", with the rough translation "little river."<ref>{{cite book|last=Simpson|first=J. Clarence|editor=Mark F. Boyd|title=Florida Place-Names of Indian Derivation|publisher=Florida Geological Survey|year=1956|location=Tallahassee, Florida}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0qDkYfyX010C&q=A+Dictionary+of+Creek%2FMuskogee+withlacoochee&pg=PA183|title=A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee|last1=Martin|first1=Jack B.|last2=Mauldin|first2=Margaret McKane|date=2004-12-01|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=0803283024|pages=183|language=en}}</ref> English speakers then changed the Muskogee [[Voiceless dental and alveolar lateral fricatives|voiceless lateral]] spelled ''r'' to "thl".
The Withlacoochee River received its name from the indigenous Muscogee and Seminole people. It comes from the compound Creek word ue-rakkuce [IPA: wiɬakːut͡ʃi], from ue "water", rakko "big", and -uce "small", with the rough translation "little river."[2][3] English speakers then changed the Muskogee voiceless lateral spelled r to "thl".