noun

1. Now Chiefly Brit. a narrow inlet or bay
2. ☆ a small stream, somewhat larger than a brook
3. Obsolete a narrow or winding passage

Etymology: ME (rare) creke (> mod. pronun. krēk), (common) crike (> pronun. krik) > ON kriki, a bend, winding, hence winding inlet, akin to OFris kreke, MDu creke: for IE base see cradle

noun

1. pl. Creeks or Creek a member of a cultural and political grouping (the Creek Confederacy) of North American Indian peoples, mainly Muskogean, formerly of Georgia and Alabama, now living in Oklahoma and Florida
2. the Muskogean language used as a lingua franca in the Creek Confederacy; Muskogee

Etymology: shortened < earlier Ochese Creek Indians, 17th-c. name for the Indians of the upper Ocmulgee River, Georgia