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yazoo¹

Where it comes from

Named after the Yazoo River, a tributary of the Mississippi with this characteristic.

noun yazoos

  1. US A tributary that runs parallel to a river (especially when separated by a natural levee).

Yazoo²

Where it comes from

From the French name Rivière des Yazous, which was named after the Yazoo people.

proper noun

  1. A tribe of the Native American Tunica people historically located along the lower course of the Yazoo River.
  2. A river in Mississippi, United States; in full, the Yazoo River.

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"yazoo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yazoo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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yazoo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yazoo

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"yazoo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yazoo.

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@misc{yazoo_2026,
  title = {yazoo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yazoo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}