Pachuta Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1]
Pachuta is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "pigeons roost there".[2] A variant transliteration is "Patchuta Creek".[1]
References
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pachuta Creek
- ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.
32°00′41″N 88°50′01″W / 32.0112622°N 88.8336594°W