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BAYOU
bayou
(noun) a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bayou (plural bayous)
A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
A swamp, a marshy (stagnant) body of water.
Usage notes
• Used almost exclusively to refer to bodies of water in Louisiana and the adjoining areas, including southern Mississippi, Alabama, eastern Texas, Arkansas and Florida.
Anagrams
• Ayoub, Yoabu, boyau
Source: Wiktionary
Bay"ou, n.; pl. Bayous (.Etym: [North Am. Indian bayuk, in F. spelling bayouc, bayouque.]
Definition: 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. [Southern U. S.] A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. G. W. Cable.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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