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bayou

[bahy-oo, bahy-oh] / ˈbaɪ u, ˈbaɪ oʊ /
NOUN
swampy outlet
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The day after Ida struck, Story motored through the bayou in his boat, photographing his camp and others to reassure neighbors their cabins had survived.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 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

At the end of May, dusk yawns deep over the bayou, spinning orange-pink gold across summer-green front lawns, softening the day-bleached glare of pearlshell gravel roads.

From Salon • May 10, 2024

She makes Vernita’s upside maternal morality seem both nurturing and bayou savvy.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024

The edge of the bayou is the same as it’s always been, and the same as it might always be, even before I was here and even after I’m long gone.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender




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