"creek" značenje u engleski leksikon

Množina: creeks

ETYM AS. crecca; akin to Dutch kreek, Icel. kriki crack, nook; cf. W. crig crack, crigyll ravine, creek. Related to Crick, Crook.
(Homonym: creak).
1. A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
2. A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.

Množina: Creeks

Any member of the Creek Confederacy of Muskhogean peoples (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma.

Množina: Creek Confederacies

A North American Indian Confederacy organized by the Muskogee that dominated the southeastern US before being removed to Oklahoma.

Množina: creeklets

Singular of creeks is creek.

Množina: Creeksides

1. Borough in Pennsylvania (USA); zip code 15732.
2. City in Kentucky (USA).