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Look up: bayou

  1. bayou
    [n] - a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. bayou
    1)a distributary channel for flood water, common to streams that flow through alluvial valley land; 2)channels through swamps and marsh lands, including those that afford passage for tidal water; 3)abandoned channels of the parent streams Category: The cosmos
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Bayou
    Bay'ou noun ; plural Bayous [ North Am. Indian bayuk , in F. spelling bayouc , bayouque .] An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movemen...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/24

  4. bayou
    A marshy inlet or outlet of a lake, river, etc., also a backwater. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. bayou
    noun a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Bayou
    • (n.) 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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Bayou
    Bayou is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Joyful` Bahiga,Bahij,Bahija,Bayo,Bayou The name Bayou doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Bayou seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Bayo

  8. bayou
    bayou (bī'ō, bī'OO) [Louisiana Fr.; from Choctaw bayuk=small stream], term used mainly in U.S. Gulf states, especially Louisiana and Mississippi, to describe a stationary or sluggishly moving body of water that was once part of a lake, river, or gulf and is swampy or marshy...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08065

  9. Bayou
    A bayou is a section of still or slow-moving marshy water cut off from a main river channel, often in the form of an oxbow lake. Bayous are typical of the Mississippi River delta in Louisiana.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. Bayou
    A `bayou` ( or ) is a body of water typically found in flat, low-lying areas, and can refer either to an extremely slow-moving stream or river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), or to a marshy lake or wetland. Bayous are commonly found in the Gulf Coast region of the southern United States, no...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayou

  11. Bayou
    (ballet) `Bayou` is a ballet made by New York City Ballet`s co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Virgil Thomson`s Acadian Songs and Dances (1947). The premiere took place February 21, 1952, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Original Cast : Reviews : Articles: External links :
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayou



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