Bayous are commonly found in the Gulf Coast region of the southern United States, especially in the Mississippi River Delta, though they also exist elsewhere. A bayou is often an anabranch or minor โ€ฆ The meaning of BAYOU is a creek, secondary watercourse, or minor river that is tributary to another body of water. How to use bayou in a sentence. The word bayou entered English through the Louisiana French word bayouque, which in turn came from the Native American Choctaw word bayok. Bayou refers to a small, slow-moving โ€ฆ

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A bayou is a slow-moving creek or a swampy section of a river or a lake where the water is still. / หˆbษ‘ษช u, -oสŠ / Add to word list (in the southern US) an area of slowly moving or still water connected to a river or lake (Definition of bayou from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary ยฉ Cambridge โ€ฆ A bayou is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area, and can either be an extremely slow-moving stream or river, or a marshy lake, or wetland. Bayous are most commonly โ€ฆ A bayou is a wetland or marshy lake, often found in the Gulf Region of the southern United States, particularly in the Mississippi region. Bayous are slow moving and often heavily wooded. The term โ€œbayouโ€ refers to a slow-moving stream, creek, or river that meanders through a low-lying area with an almost imperceptible current. The word derives from the Choctaw word bayuk, โ€ฆ The bayou is the ancestral home of the Choctaw and Houma Native American tribes, the final sanctuary of Acadian outcasts and a former shelter for runaway slaves; it's filled with hoodoo and... The term โ€œbayouโ€ refers to a slow-moving stream, creek, or river that meanders through a low-lying area with an almost imperceptible current. The word derives from the Choctaw word โ€ฆ

The term โ€œbayouโ€ refers to a slow-moving stream, creek, or river that meanders through a low-lying area with an almost imperceptible current. The word derives from the Choctaw word bayuk, โ€ฆ The bayou is the ancestral home of the Choctaw and Houma Native American tribes, the final sanctuary of Acadian outcasts and a former shelter for runaway slaves; it's filled with hoodoo and... The term โ€œbayouโ€ refers to a slow-moving stream, creek, or river that meanders through a low-lying area with an almost imperceptible current. The word derives from the Choctaw word โ€ฆ bayou, Still or slow-moving section of marshy water, usually a creek, secondary watercourse, or minor river that is a tributary of another river or channel. It may occur in the form of an oxbow lake. A bayou occurs in a flat, low-lying area that fills with water from a creek, stream or river. Because of the low grade, water travels slowly and gently through the center of the bayou, creating a near-stagnant โ€ฆ

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