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English term or phrase:	bayou
Swedish translation:	bayou
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01:59 May 16, 2005

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Science - Geography

English term or phrase: bayou

Vattendrag specifikt för Louisiana - finns det en svensk term?

Anders G

bayou

Explanation:
obs att den här typen av vatten(drag) finna på andra håll än Lousiana
Jag har aldrig sett ett enkelt svensk ord utom möjligen "sumpvatten"

"Bayou [bajöu], i nord-amerikanska unionen, i synnerhet
i Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas och Texas,
benämning på en icke segelbar sidoarm till en flod;
äfven benämning på
icke segelbara, i landet djupt inträngande halsarmar af Mejikanska viken,
hvaraf »The Bayou state» såsom binamn på staten Mississippi."
http://proxy.www.lysator.liu.se/runeberg/nfas/0326.html

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Mario Marcolin
Local time: 14:51

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5 +1

sumpigt utlopp

Mats Wiman

bayou

Mario Marcolin

bayou

Fabio Descalzi

delta

Kjell-Erik

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4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

sumpigt utlopp

Explanation:
Norstedts stora engelsk-svenska ordbok, 3U
bayou [baɪˈu:, -ˈju:] s amer. sumpigt utlopp (utflöde) ur flod el. sjö

Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 14:51
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Swedish

5 hrs confidence:

delta

Explanation:
är väl det som brukar kallas kallas "sumpigt utlopp" - som kommentar. Missisippideltat har man ju hört talas om ...

Kjell-Erik
Local time: 15:51
Native speaker of:

Swedish

6 hrs confidence:

bayou

Mario Marcolin
Local time: 14:51
Native speaker of:

Swedish,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

31 mins confidence:

bayou

Explanation:
Reading the Encyclopaedia Britannica's Dictionary (1960) I can find for "bayou": 1. a marshy inlet or outlet of a lake or bay; 2. a branch of a stream flowing through a delta. (this word comes from the Choctaw language, "bayuk", meaning "small stream").
So you can see: an American Indian word, taken by the French, and then kept by the US Americans.

Besides: "Bayou State" is the nickname of the state of Mississippi.
Hope all this helps.

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Note added at 15 hrs 1 min (2005-05-16 17:01:02 GMT)
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http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ms_intro.htm
\"The Bayou State: Mississippi is sometimes referred to as \"The Bayou State\" for it\'s slow-moving streams that wander through marshes and lowlands along the Mississippi River and the southern section of the state to the Gulf coast.\"

Fabio Descalzi
Uruguay
Local time: 09:51
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

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