bayous

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Definition of bayous in English English dictionary: plural of bayou
bayou: A very slow-moving creek
bayou: A swamp
bayou: A creek
bayou: A bayou is a slow-moving, marshy area of water in the southern United States, especially Louisiana. a large area of water in the southeast US that moves very slowly and has many water plants (bayuk). Still or slow-moving section of marshy water, usually a creek, secondary watercourse, or minor river that is a tributary of another river or channel. It may occur in the form of an oxbow lake. Bayous are typical of Louisiana's Mississippi River delta
bayou: {i} branch of a river; outlet of a river or lake
bayou: a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
bayou: An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind
bayou: A term used mostly in South Louisiana to describe a stream Louisiana bayous are slow moving bodies of water, some of which mark the old courses of the Mississippi River The word bayou came from the Choctaw Indian word Bayuk
bayou: The outlet of a lake or one of the delta streams of a river
bayou: The streams crisscrossing Louisiana

bayous

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bayuz

/ˈbīo͞oz/ /ˈbaɪuːz/

[ 'bI-(")ü, -(")O ] (noun.) 1763. Louisiana French, from Choctaw bayuk.

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