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Bywy Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Mississippi.

Bywy Creek is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "leaning white oak". Variant names are "Big Bywiah Creek", "Big Bywy", "Big Bywyah", "By Wy", "By Wyah", and "Bywyah".

References

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bywy Creek
2. Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.

33°27′47″N 89°22′21″W / 33.4631788°N 89.3725706°W / 33.4631788; -89.3725706

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