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Bayou Corne in Assumption Parish, Louisiana in 2010
 
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EtymologyEdit

From Cajun French bayou, from Choctaw bayuk (creek). Doublet of bogue.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ.(j)uː/, /ˈbaɪ.oʊ/

NounEdit

bayou (plural bayous)

  1. A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
  2. A swamp; a marshy (stagnant) body of water.

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Choctaw bayuk (creek).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ba.ju/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ju

NounEdit

bayou m (plural bayous)

  1. a stagnant body of water left behind by the meandering of the Mississippi River in Louisiana or elsewhere; a bayou

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