as in tributary
a stream that flows into a larger body of water
a small creek that is the bayou of a larger stream
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Recent Examples of bayou
Instead of a briar patch, guests are now taken through the Louisiana bayou, to help Louis the alligator find a band to play during a big Mardi Gras celebration thrown by Tiana — which is shown in all its glory at the very end of the attraction.
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Esther Kang, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The captain burned the ship and sank it in a bayou; the captives, nearly all Yoruba speakers from the same village, toiled on plantations for the next five years.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Heavy snow, totaling 6-10 inches, fell over the New Orleans metropolitan area, the river parishes and areas of northern bayou parishes extending to the Northshore.
—Brandon Girod, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
This town moves slowly (except on the dance floor) and combines the best of Acadian influences, from Zydeco music and French cuisine to lakeside cabins and boat rides on the bayou.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
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Esther Kang, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The captain burned the ship and sank it in a bayou; the captives, nearly all Yoruba speakers from the same village, toiled on plantations for the next five years.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Heavy snow, totaling 6-10 inches, fell over the New Orleans metropolitan area, the river parishes and areas of northern bayou parishes extending to the Northshore.
—Brandon Girod, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
This town moves slowly (except on the dance floor) and combines the best of Acadian influences, from Zydeco music and French cuisine to lakeside cabins and boat rides on the bayou.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bayou
tributary
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The Sacramento River and Klamath River basin and tributaries will remain closed to protect their salmon populations.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
20 May 2025
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Most of that decline happened in the river’s tributaries and lakes, where the animal’s range has decreased by 91 percent.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 May 2025
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“Bayou.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bayou. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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