Creek

имя существительное 1) бухта, узкий морской залив; устье реки 2) небольшой порт, гавань (на морском побережье) 3) [американский вариант английского языка] рукав реки; протока; приток; речушка; ручей Синоним(ы): rivulet, brook

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Creek

noun Etymology: Middle English crike, creke, from Old Norse -kriki bend 1. chiefly British a small inlet or bay narrower and extending farther inland than a cove 2. a natural stream of water normally smaller than and often tributary to a river 3. archaic a narrow or winding passage

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Creek

noun 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

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