BAYOU

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("bayou" is a kind of...):

lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

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