bayou
UK /ˈbaɪ.(j)uː/ US /ˈbaɪ.(j)uː/
noun 2name 1
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noun
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 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.
name
1
A surname.
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