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Creek

   [kreek]
–noun, plural Creeks, (especially collectively) Creek.
1. a member of a confederacy of North American Indians that in historic times occupied the greater part of Alabama and Georgia.
2. Also called Muskogee. a Muskogean language that is the language of the Creek Indians.
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creek     (krēk, krĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A small stream, often a shallow or intermittent tributary to a river. Also called regionally branch, brook1, kill2, run.
  2. A channel or stream running through a salt marsh: tidal creeks teeming with shore wildlife.
  3. Chiefly British A small inlet in a shoreline, extending farther inland than a cove.

[Middle English creke, probably from Old Norse kriki, bend.]
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Creek     (krēk)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. Creek or Creeks In all senses also called Muskogee1.
    1. A Native American people formerly inhabiting eastern Alabama, southwest Georgia, and northwest Florida and now located in central Oklahoma and southern Alabama. The Creek were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s.
    2. A member of this people.
    3. The Muskogean language of the Creek.
    4. A Native American confederacy made up of the Creek and various smaller southeast tribes.
    5. A member of this confederacy.
    1. A Native American confederacy made up of the Creek and various smaller southeast tribes.
    2. A member of this confederacy.

[From the picturesque creeks near which they lived.]
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Five Creeks, KS (township, FIPS 02723475)
Location: (39.356246, -97.303927)
Population (2000): 159 (61 housing units)
Area: 35.974386 sq mi (land), 0.014051 sq mi (water)

Two Creeks, WI (town, FIPS 07181300)
Location: (44.292240, -87.553396)
Population (2000): 551 (202 housing units)
Area: 14.872486 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
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Creeks

Creeks\ (kr[=e]ks), n. pl.; sing. Creek. (Ethnol.) A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate tribes. They formerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.

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