Hotopha Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1] It is a tributary to the Tallahatchie River.

Hotopha is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "grasshopper".[2] A variant transliteration is "Hotipka Creek"[1]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hotopha Creek
  2. ↑ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

34°22′33″N 89°53′30″W / 34.3759409°N 89.8917560°W / 34.3759409; -89.8917560


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