Noxapater Creek

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

The origin of the name Noxapater is unclear. The name supposedly is derived from the Choctaw language, and depending on source is purported to mean "little bullets" or "wide stream".^[2] Variant names are "Noxubee Creek" and "Noxupata Creek".^[1]

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^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Noxapater Creek
^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

32°53′02″N 89°03′09″W / 32.8840198°N 89.0525604°W / 32.8840198; -89.0525604

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[GNIS-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Noxapater Creek

[2] Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

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