Ocobla Creek

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

Ocobla is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean either (sources vary) "water where the biting is" or "bulls-eye bush".[2] A variant transliteration is "Ocobly Creek".[1]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ocobla Creek
  2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.


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