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Whooping Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia.[1] It is a tributary to the Chattahoochee River.[2]

The name "Whooping Creek" is a preservation of its native Creek language name weturncau ("rumbling water").[2]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whooping Creek
  2. ^ a b Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 253. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.


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