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Date: 1700-1800
Language: Louisiana French
Origin: Choctaw bayuk

bayou

 noun
     
Related topics: Nature, Geography
bay‧ou [countable]
SGDN a large area of water in the southeast US that moves very slowly and has many water plants
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