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bayou

noun
/ˈbaɪ.(j)uː/

Etymology

From Louisiana French bayou, from Choctaw bayuk (“a creek”). Doublet of bogue.

  1. derived from bayuk — “a creek”
  2. borrowed from bayou

Definitions

  1. A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.

    • You natural persons old and young! / You on the Mississippi and on all the branches and bayous of the Mississippi! / You friendly boatmen and mechanics! you roughs!

  2. A swamp

    A swamp; a marshy (stagnant) body of water.

    • At that time I had no staff officer who could be trusted with that duty. In the woods, at a short distance below the clearing, I found a depression, dry at the time, but which at high water became a slough or bayou.

  3. A surname.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA