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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bayou /ˈbʌɪuː/

▶noun (pl. bayous) (in the southern US) a marshy outlet of a lake or river.

– origin C18: from Louisiana Fr., from Choctaw bayuk.

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