bayou

• Ein sumpfiger, langsam fließender Wasserlauf, meist ein Seitenarm oder Zufluss eines Sees oder Flusses, häufig im Süden der USA, besonders in Mississippi und Louisiana.

A noun referring to a swampy, slow-moving body of water, typically an arm or outlet of a lake or river, commonly found in the southern United States, especially in Mississippi and Louisiana.

1. Swampy waterwayB2formalamerican

   A slow-moving, marshy body of water, often a tributary or outlet of a lake, commonly found in the southern United States, especially in Mississippi and Louisiana.

   Bayou

   • The alligators live in the murky waters of the bayou.
   • They took a boat tour through the Louisiana bayou.
   • Spanish moss hangs from the trees along the bayou.

   Synonymebackwatercreeksloughstreamwaterway