| creek | a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) |
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| creek | any member of the Creek Confederacy of Muskhogean peoples (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma |
| creek | a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream |
| creek | a North American Indian Confederacy organized by the Muskogee that dominated the southeastern part of the United States before being removed to Oklahoma |