单词 | Creek |
释义 | Creek (krēk) n. pl. Creek or Creeks 1. a. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting eastern Alabama, southwest Georgia, and northwest Florida and now located in central Oklahoma and southern Alabama. The Creek were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s. b. The Muskogean language of the Creek. 2. a. A Native American confederacy made up of the Creek and various smaller southeast tribes. b. A member of this confederacy. In all senses also called Muskogee1. [From the picturesque creeks near which they lived.] |
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