Chief Chisca Lake is a reservoir in the U.S. state of Mississippi.[1]

Chisca is a name derived from the Creek language meaning "base of a tree".[2]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chief Chisca Lake
  2. ^ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-60473-483-6.


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