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Abiaca Creek

Coordinates: 33°18′29″N 90°16′43″W / 33.30806°N 90.27861°W / 33.30806; -90.27861
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Abiaca Creek is a stream in Carroll, Leflore and Holmes counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1]

Abiaca is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "the side of a swamp or creek".[2] Variant names are "Abaytche Creek", "Abiacha Creek", "Abyache Creek", "Abyatcch Creek", "Abyatchie Creek", and "Coila Abiache Creek".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Abiaca Creek
  2. ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

33°18′29″N 90°16′43″W / 33.30806°N 90.27861°W / 33.30806; -90.27861