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Synonyms for bayou

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bahy-oo, bahy-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbaɪ u, ˈbaɪ oʊ


Définition of bayou

Origin :
  • 1766, via Louisiana French, from Choctaw bayuk "small stream."
  • noun swampy outlet
Example sentences :
  • He was asleep; had gone to sleep calling her "Maman" and babbling of wild-fowl on the bayou.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • The house had floated out of a bayou, I found, which was the reason we did not see it sooner.
  • Extract from : « Up the River » by Oliver Optic
  • On the 13th they came to the banks of a wide creek or bayou, which they had no means of crossing.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • The enemy was strongly posted in a wood at a bend in the Bayou.
  • Extract from : « History of the 159th Regiment, N.Y.S.V. » by Edward Duffy
  • “Now you will come with me,” said Bayou to Papalier, impatiently.
  • Extract from : « The Hour and the Man » by Harriet Martineau
  • Bayou saw at once that this was the best plan he could adopt.
  • Extract from : « The Hour and the Man » by Harriet Martineau
  • Bayou was only attorney to the Breda estate, and had no one but himself to care for.
  • Extract from : « The Hour and the Man » by Harriet Martineau
  • The name of this bayou is Atchafalaya, or as it is commonly called, Chaffalio.
  • Extract from : « A New Guide for Emigrants to the West » by J. M. Peck
  • The next encampment of our hunters was upon the Bayou Crocodile.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Hunters » by Captain Mayne Reid
  • The tent was set near the bank of the bayou, where the ground was dry and high.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Hunters » by Captain Mayne Reid

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