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Kentawka Canal

Coordinates: 32°47′21″N 89°10′46″W / 32.78917°N 89.17944°W / 32.78917; -89.17944
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Kentawka Canal is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1]

Variant names are "Kentawah Canal", "Kentawaha Creek" and "Kentawha Creek".[1] Kentawka is a name derived from the Choctaw language purported to mean "place where beavers are brought forth in abundance".[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kentawka Canal
  2. ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

32°47′21″N 89°10′46″W / 32.78917°N 89.17944°W / 32.78917; -89.17944