bayou
noun
1.
a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
Origin
From Louisiana French bayou, from Choctaw bayuk (“a creek”). Doublet of bogue.
Phrases
- Bayou of Pigs
- bayou physa
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