Creek

Creek
Recorded in the spellings of Creche, Creech and Creek, this interesting surname is of British, that is pre-Roman, origin. It is a topographical or a locational name, and means either "one who lives at the barrow", or "by the hill". The derivation is from the British (Celtic) and Old Welsh word "cruc", in Modern Welsh "crug", meaning variously "heap, barrow, hill", especially a round hill or hillock. The places called "Creech" in the county of Dorset and "Creech St. Michael" in Somerset are the sources for the modern locational surname. The former is recorded in the famous Domesday Book of 1086 as "Criz" and "Cric" and the latter as "Crice", both probably meaning "the hill". There are a number of rare variants of the surname and these include Cridge,Crudge,Critch, and Crutch. Early examples of the surname recording taken from authentic rolls and registers of medieval and post medieval times include Peter de Cryche of Somerset in 1273, Robert de Criche of Nottingham in the same year, and Robert Creche, being given as 'living by a creek' in Suffolk in 1327. Throughout the centuries surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • creek — creek …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Creek — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Creek (homonymie). Creek Muskogee …   Wikipédia en Français

  • CREEK — Tribu indienne d’Amérique du Nord, qui parlait une langue muskogean et occupait à l’origine une très grande partie des plaines de Georgie et d’Alabama. Le mode de subsistance des Creek reposait principalement sur la culture du maïs, des haricots… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Creek — may refer to: Creek, a small stream Creek (tidal), an inlet of the sea, narrower than a cove Creek, a narrow channel/small stream between islands in the Florida Keys Muscogee (Creek), a native American people Creek language, the language of that… …   Wikipedia

  • Creek — 〈[ kri:k] m. 6; Geol.〉 nur zur Regenzeit Wasser führender Fluss [engl., „Bucht“, amerikan. „kleiner Fluss“] * * * Creek [kri:k ], der; s, s [engl. creek, H. u., wohl aus dem Germ.] (Geogr.): 1. kleine Bucht an einer Meeresküste, die durch… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Creek — ist eine Bezeichnung in der englischen Sprache für eine geographische Form, die in unterschiedlichen Gebieten des englischen Sprachraumes jeweils eigene Bedeutungen hat: Im britischen Englisch wird damit allgemein ein Wasserlauf bezeichnet, der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Creek — (kr[=e]k), n. [AS. crecca; akin to D. kreek, Icel. kriki crack, nook; cf. W. crig crack, crigyll ravine, creek. Cf. {Crick}, {Crook}.] 1. A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • creek — s.n. Curs de apă temporar în deşerturile sărate din Australia şi din America de Sud. [pr.: cric] – cuv. engl. Trimis de LauraGellner, 24.01.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  CREEK s.n. (Anglicism) Curs de apă temporar din deşerturile sărate din Australia şi… …   Dicționar Român

  • Creek — [krēk, krik] n. [shortened < earlier Ochese Creek Indians, 17th c. name for the Indians of the upper Ocmulgee River, Georgia ] 1. pl. Creeks or Creek a member of a cultural and political grouping (the Creek Confederacy) of North American… …   English World dictionary

  • creek — [kri:k] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old Norse; Origin: kriki bend ] 1.) AmE AusE a small narrow stream or river 2.) BrE a long narrow area of water that flows from the sea into the land 3.) be up the creek (without a paddle) spoken als …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Creek — Indian tribe or confederation, 1725, named for CREEK (Cf. creek), the geographical feature, and abbreviated from Ochese Creek Indians, from the place in Georgia where English first encountered them. Native name is Muskogee, a word of uncertain… …   Etymology dictionary

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