Etymology

Sugaw Creek

Today it means: A stream (creek) in North Carolina (a tributary of the Catawba), and any of several things (parks, churches, streets) named after it. Full definition →

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The story

From a Catawba word meaning "huts, houses" (see suk (“house”)).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.