# Tippah River

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Stream in Mississippi, United States

**Tippah River** is a [stream](/source/Stream) in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Mississippi](/source/Mississippi). It is a tributary of the [Tallahatchie River](/source/Tallahatchie_River).[1]

*Tippah* is a name derived from the [Choctaw language](/source/Choctaw_language) purported to mean "to eat one another", i.e. [cannibalism](/source/Human_cannibalism).[2] Variant names are "Tippah Creek" and Tippah River Canal".[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-GNIS_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-GNIS_1-1) [U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tippah River](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/694983)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Baca, Keith A. (2007). [*Native American Place Names in Mississippi*](https://epdf.pub/native-american-place-names-in-mississippi.html). University Press of Mississippi. p. 113. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-60473-483-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-60473-483-6).

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