Toomsuba Creek

Toomsuba Creek is a stream in the U.S. states of Alabama and Mississippi.[1]

Toomsuba is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean either (sources vary) "blue pigeon hawk" or "fish hawk".[2] Variant names are "Tonsabah Creek", "Tonsobah Creek", "Tonsubah Creek", "Toomseba Creek", "Toomsebah Creek", and "Toomsooba Creek".[1]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Toomsuba Creek
  2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.



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