Creek

Meaning

Noun

One of a Native American tribe from the Southeastern United States, also known as the Muscogee.

Name

1. The Muskogean language of the Creek tribe.
2. A surname.

Adj

Of or pertaining to the Creek tribe.

Name

The ship of characters Craig Tucker and Tweek Tweak from the South Park series.

Synonyms

𐐗𐑉𐐨𐐿

Muscogee

Etymology

* As an English surname, from Creake in Norfolk, a variant of the noun crag (“steep rugged cliff”).
* Also as an English surname, from the archaic noun cratch (“crib, manger”).
* As a German surname, Americanized from Krieg (“war, warfare”), Krück, Kruck (see Krug (“jug”) and Krücke (“crutch”)), Krick.
* As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Kreek (from the noun kreek (“creek”), see creek) and Kriek (from kriek (“cherry”)).
* The Native American tribe name is likely shortened from Ocheese Creek (the Hitchiti name for the body of water known today as the Ocmulgee River).

Sentences

Cedar Creek flows into and out of the lake .

Knowlton Creek flows through the southeast part of Proctor .