bayou
pronunciation
How to pronounce bayou in British English:
UK [ˈbaɪu:]
How to pronounce bayou in American English:
US [ˈbaɪu, ˈbaɪo]
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- Noun:
- a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
Word Origin
- bayou (n.)
- 1766, via Louisiana French, from Choctaw bayuk "small stream."
Example
- 1. Another present from the bayou .
- 2. On the louisiana side of johnson bayou , at the boundary with texas , stands cheniere 's sabine pass lng facility .
- 3. Two methods fitting for forecasting the water line process of zhujiang river deltoidal bayou .
- 4. The majority of the movie consists of their travels through the bayou , searching for a voodoo priestess to turn them back .
- 5. They call it red bayou .