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Cooleewahee Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia.[1] It is a tributary to the Flint River.[2]

According to tradition, Cooleewahee is a name derived from the Muskogee language translating to "where the white oak acorns are scattered".[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cooleewahee Creek
  2. ^ Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 51. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
  3. ^ Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4.

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