Otoucalofa Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1]

Otoucalofa is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean either (sources vary) "chestnut stump" or "many prairies".[2] Variant names are "O'Tickalofa Creek", "O'Tuckoloja Creek", "Octukalofa Creek", "Old Tuckolofa Creek", "Otoclaffah Creek", "Otoucalofa Creek Canal", "Otoukalofa Creek", and "Otuckolopha Creek".[1]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Otoucalofa Creek
  2. ↑ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

34°10′36″N 89°42′44″W / 34.1767764°N 89.7123092°W / 34.1767764; -89.7123092



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