'Bayou' definitions:
Definition of 'bayou'
(from WordNet)
noun
A swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
Definition of 'Bayou'
From: GCIDE
- Bayou \Bay"ou\, n.; pl. Bayous. [North Am. Indian bayuk, in F. spelling bayouc, bayouque.] An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind. [Southern U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. --G. W. Cable. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bayou'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affluent,
- arm,
- armlet,
- bay,
- belt,
- bight,
- billabong,
- boca,
- branch,
- confluent,
- confluent stream,
- cove,
- creek,
- dendritic drainage pattern,
- effluent,
- estuary,
- euripus,
- feeder,
- fjord,
- fork,
- frith,
- gulf,
- gut,
- harbor,
- inlet,
- kyle,
- loch,
- mouth,
- narrow,
- narrow seas,
- narrows,
- natural harbor,
- prong,
- reach,
- road,
- roads,
- roadstead,
- slough,
- sound,
- strait,
- straits,
- tributary