bayou

• byo (obsolete)

Cajun French bayou, from Choctaw bayuk (“creek”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.uː/, /ˈbaɪ.oʊ/

bayou (plural bayous)

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

• Used almost exclusively to refer to bodies of water in Louisiana and the adjoining areas, including southern Mississippi, eastern Texas, Arkansas and Florida.

• Ayoub, Yoabu, boyau

Borrowed from Choctaw bayuk (“creek”).

• IPA^(key): /ba.ju/
• Rhymes: -ju

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