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bayou

[bahy-oo, bahy-oh] / ˈbaɪ u, ˈbaɪ oʊ /
NOUN
swampy outlet
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Horton-built house in Slidell, La., with a ramp to the porch, a wide doorway and a community pond in the backyard that reminded her husband of his childhood on the bayou.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Based in Houma, in the heart of the Louisiana bayou, they began enjoying increased prices for their catch last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

The intimacy of the Geffen Playhouse’s second stage helped crystallize Tarell Alvin McCraney’s “The Brothers Size,” part of the playwright’s acclaimed “Brother/Sister” trilogy set in the Louisiana bayou and incorporating West African mythology.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2024

As various musical styles ebb and flow into one another, this fictional bayou feels fully alive.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2024

He’s mad—he must be mad, way I’ve been forgetting all about him, way I haven't been going down to the bayou to look for him, way I’ve been doing nothing but thinking of Sandy.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender




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