1766, via Louisiana French, from Choctaw bayuk "small stream."

swampy backwater of a river or lake. Read more in the NG Education Encyclopedia

an inlet or outlet, often marshy. A slough.

(n) a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)

The term bayou refers to a slow-moving river, stream, or a marshy wetland or lake. Bayous are most often found in low-lying, flat areas.

Term used in Florida for a small bay, and in Mississippi and Louisiana for a waterway through lowlands or swamps, connecting other bodies of water, and usually tidal or with an imperceptible current.

A relatively small, sluggish waterway through lowlands or swamps, generally with a slow, almost imperceptible current flow. Often also defined simply as slow moving streams crisscrossing Louisiana.

a small river or stream with a slow current.

A slow moving stream of water. Armand Bayou flows through ABNC.

(by' you) Slow stream, or body of water running through a marsh or swamp.

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