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Okhissa Lake

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Coordinates: 31°25′10″N 90°49′51″W / 31.4193881°N 90.8307147°W / 31.4193881; -90.8307147
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Okhissa Lake is a reservoir in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1]

Okhissa is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "porter".[1] The name is a play on words, as the lake impounds Porter Creek.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Okhissa Lake
  2. ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

31°25′10″N 90°49′51″W / 31.4193881°N 90.8307147°W / 31.4193881; -90.8307147


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