BAYOU

PRONUNCIATION: (BY-yoo)

MEANING: noun: A sluggish marshy area of water, typically an overflow or tributary to a lake or river.

ETYMOLOGY: Via Louisiana French from Choctaw bayuk (small stream). Earliest documented use: 1766.
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'AYOU ! - informal greeting in Brooklyn

BAY-O - the Shrimp Boat song ("...Daylight come and I want go home")

WAYOU - sign that points to the EXI