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bayou

bay·ou [ b, b ] (plural bay·ous)


noun 
Definition:
 
marshland: in the southern United States, an area of slow-moving water, often overgrown with reeds, leading from a river or lake

[Mid-18th century. Via Louisiana French< Choctaw bayuk "small river forming part of a delta"]
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