creek
noun
[ kriːk ]
• a narrow, sheltered waterway, especially an inlet in a shoreline or channel in a marsh.
• "a sandy beach in a sheltered creek"
Similar:
tidal inlet,
inlet,
arm of the sea,
estuary,
bay,
bight,
fjord,
gulf,
sound,
firth,
frith,
voe,
ria,
fleet,
armlet,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French crique or from Old Norse kriki ‘nook’; perhaps reinforced by Middle Dutch krēke ; of unknown ultimate origin.
Creek
noun
• a member of a confederacy of North American peoples of the south-eastern US in the 16th to 19th centuries; their descendants now live mainly in Oklahoma.
• the Muskogean language that was spoken by members of the Creek confederacy.
Creek
adjective
• relating to or denoting the Creek or their language.
Origin:
from creek, because they lived beside the waterways of the flatlands of Georgia and Alabama.
