Buckatunna Creek

Buckatunna Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi.^[1] It is a tributary to the Chickasawhay River.

Buckatunna Creek is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "creek at which there is weaving".^[2] Variant names are "Bucatunna Creek", "Buckatanna Creek", "Buckatanne River", "Buckatanny Creek", "Buckatonna Creek", "Buckhatannee Creek", and "Puckatunna Creek".^[1]

The creek lends its name to the community of Buckatunna, Mississippi.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buckatunna Creek
^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
^ "What's in a Name: Buckatunna". WDAM. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

31°30′27″N 88°32′16″W / 31.50750°N 88.53778°W / 31.50750; -88.53778

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[GNIS-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buckatunna Creek

[2] Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

[3] "What's in a Name: Buckatunna". WDAM. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

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