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Tombigbee

Tombigbee proper noun: a river in Alabama, Mississippi, United States, a tributary of the Alabama River.

Proper noun

Tombigbee

  1. A river in Alabama, Mississippi, United States, a tributary of the Alabama River.

Origin of Tombigbee

From Choctaw itumbi ikbi (“box maker, coffin maker”).

Questions about Tombigbee

What does Tombigbee mean?
Tombigbee means a river in Alabama, Mississippi, United States, a tributary of the Alabama River.
What part of speech is Tombigbee?
Tombigbee is a proper noun.

Words near Tombigbee in the dictionary

  1. tombes
  2. tombful
  3. tombfuls
  4. Tombi
  5. tombic
  6. Tombigbee
  7. tombing
  8. tombless
  9. tomblessness
  10. tomblet
  11. tomblets

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