bayou

• Sustantivo que designa un cuerpo de agua lento, pantanoso y a menudo sinuoso, típicamente un brazo o canal de un río o lago con aguas estancadas o de curso lento, frecuente en el sur de Estados Unidos, sobre todo en Misisipi y Luisiana.

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.

   Canal pantanoso

   • 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.

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