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
As the realities of these men from the bayou of Louisiana and the Yoruba Orisha on which they are based often feel entangled, The Brothers Size is a piece that makes myth of men who find freedom and direction in relationship to each other.
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Essence, 17 Sep. 2025
Sample nightly rate: $279 Notes: Port Orleans French Quarter, which is inspired by New Orleans, is much smaller than Riverside, where buildings have either bayou or Southern manor theming.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
The restaurant is set inside a building whose interior decor, installed by the family, resembles that of a house in a bygone bayou.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
The Mississippi River, draining snowmelt from the north, was thirty degrees colder than the bayou.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Essence, 17 Sep. 2025
Sample nightly rate: $279 Notes: Port Orleans French Quarter, which is inspired by New Orleans, is much smaller than Riverside, where buildings have either bayou or Southern manor theming.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
The restaurant is set inside a building whose interior decor, installed by the family, resembles that of a house in a bygone bayou.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
The Mississippi River, draining snowmelt from the north, was thirty degrees colder than the bayou.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bayou
tributary
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Of the more than five thousand tributaries that empty into the Great Lakes, about one in ten is infested with lampreys.—
Katie Thornton,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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These ancient, natural waterways are former tributaries of the Rio Grande left behind hundreds to thousands of years ago when the river shifted its course.—
Gabi De la Rosa,
Southern Living,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Bayou.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bayou. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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