Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Creeks \Creeks\ (kr[=e]ks), n. pl.; sing. {Creek}. (Ethnol.)
   A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including
   the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate
   tribes. They formerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and
   Alabama.

Creek \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 sea, or
      of a river.

            Each creek and cavern of the dangerous shore.
                                                  --Cowper.

            They discovered a certain creek, with a shore.
                                                  --Acts xxvii.
                                                  39.

   2. A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a
      brook.

            Lesser streams and rivulets are denominated creeks.
                                                  --Goldsmith.

   3. Any turn or winding.

            The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands.
                                                  --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

creek
     n 1: a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a
          tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"
          [syn: {brook}]
     2: any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the
        Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now
        chiefly in Oklahoma