different between billabong vs bayou

English

Etymology

From Wiradhuri bilabang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?l?b??/

Noun

billabong (plural billabongs)

1. (Australia) An anabranch, backwater or oxbow lake that is temporarily cut off from the main river, especially one that is only filled with water during the rainy season and can sometimes dry up completely.

English

Alternative forms

• buyou (dated)
• byo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Cajun French bayou, from Choctaw bayuk (“creek”). Doublet of bogue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?.u?/, /?ba?.o?/

Noun

bayou (plural bayous)

1. A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
2. A swamp, a marshy (stagnant) body of water.

Usage notes

• Used almost exclusively to refer to bodies of water in Louisiana and the adjoining areas, including southern Mississippi, Alabama, eastern Texas, Arkansas and Florida.

Translations

Anagrams

• Ayoub, Yoabu, boyau

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Choctaw bayuk (“creek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ju/
• Rhymes: -ju

Noun

bayou m (plural bayous)

1. a stagnant body of water left behind by the meandering of the Mississippi River in Louisiana or elsewhere; a bayou