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A creek in North America and elsewhere, such as Australia, is a stream that is usually smaller than a river. In the British Isles it is a small tidal inlet . Creek may also refer to: Creek people, a former name of Muscogee, Native Americans. Creek language or Muscogee language.
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crik (eye dialect)(Received Pronunciation) enPR: krēk IPA(key): /kɹiːk/(US) IPA(key): /kɹik/, (Appalachia) /kɹɪk/(Canada) IPA(key): /kɹiːk/Rhymes: -iːk, -ɪkcreek (plural creeks) 1. (British) A small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats. 1.1. 1853, John Ruskin, “Torcello”, in The Stones of Venice, volume II (The Sea-Stories), London: Smith,...
Aug 8, 2002 · Creek Indians. The history of early Georgia is largely the history of the Creek Indians. For most of Georgia’s colonial period, Creeks outnumbered both European colonists and enslaved Africans and occupied more land than these newcomers. Not until the 1760s did the Creeks become a minority population in Georgia.
a narrow area of water that flows into the land from the sea, a lake, etc.: I'm going to sail to the mouth of the Thames and then let the tide take me up a creek. She loved the Suffolk coast,with its creeks and marshes and reed beds under a huge sky. US and Australian English (US also crick) a stream or narrow river:
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1. [ kreek, krik ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. noun. U.S. and Canada. a stream smaller than a river. a stream or channel in a coastal marsh. Chiefly Atlantic States and British. a recess or inlet in the shore of the sea. an estuary. British Dialect. a narrow, winding passage or hidden recess. Creek. 2. [ kreek ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. noun.
