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  • 31creek — o muscogee Pueblo de indígenas de América del Norte de lenguas muskogeanas que viven principalmente en Oklahoma, EE.UU., aunque también en Georgia y Alabama. Era una confederación poco rígida y cambiante formada por grupos que alguna vez ocuparon …

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  • 32Creek — 1. noun a) a Native American tribe from the Southeastern United States b) the language of the Creek tribe 2. adjective of or pertaining to the Creek tribe The chieftain was well versed in Creek history …

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  • 33creek — noun (C) 1 BrE a long narrow area of water that flows from the sea, a river, or a lake into the land 2 AmE, AustrE a small narrow stream or river 3 be up the creek spoken to be in a difficult situation: If I don t get my passport by Friday, I ll… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 34creek — noun marsh marigolds grow along the creek up a creek up the creek Syn: stream, river, brook, rivulet, freshet, runnel, rill, tributary, watercourse, bourn; informal crick …

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  • 35creek — /krik / (say kreek) noun 1. a defined watercourse, whether flowing or dry according to the season, and whether a single channel or a number of channels; usually of lesser size and length relative to a river and ultimately flowing into another… …

  • 36Creek — /krik/ (say kreek) noun 1. (plural) a powerful confederacy of Native Americans of Muskhogean stock which once occupied the greater part of Alabama and Georgia. 2. (plural Creek or Creeks) a member of one of the peoples of this confederacy. 3. the …

  • 37creek — See: UP THE CREEK or UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 38creek — See: UP THE CREEK or UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 39Creek — noun Date: 1725 1. an American Indian confederacy of peoples chiefly of Muskogean stock of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida 2. a member of any of the Creek peoples 3. the Muskogean language of the Creek Indians …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 40Creek — Recorded in the spellings of Creche, Creech and Creek, this interesting surname is of British, that is pre Roman, origin. It is a topographical or a locational name, and means either one who lives at the barrow , or by the hill . The derivation… …

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