bayou

• Substantivo que designa um curso d'água lento e pantanoso, geralmente um braço ou canal de lago ou rio, comum no sul dos Estados Unidos, especialmente no Mississippi e na 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.

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   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.

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   • 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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