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Biloxi

Biloxi noun: a member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting an area near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in southeast Mississippi.

Noun

Biloxi (plural Biloxi or Biloxis)

  1. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting an area near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in southeast Mississippi.

Proper noun

Biloxi

  1. The extinct Siouan language once spoken by the Biloxi.
  2. A city in and one of the two county seats of Harrison County, Mississippi, United States.
  3. A village in southeastern Texas.

Forms of Biloxi

pluralBiloxi
pluralBiloxis

Origin of Biloxi

Borrowed from French bilocchy (recorded by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville in 1699), itself a corruption of Biloxi Tanêks ąyaadi (literally “first people”). The shift of /t/ to /b/ and /n/ to /l/ occurred via Mobilian, however James Owen Dorsey has stated that this “agrees with the laws of Siouan consonant changes”.

Questions about Biloxi

What does Biloxi mean?
Biloxi means a member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting an area near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in southeast Mississippi.
What part of speech is Biloxi?
Biloxi can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Biloxi?
The plural of Biloxi is Biloxi.

Words near Biloxi in the dictionary

  1. Bilottas
  2. Bilotti
  3. Bilottis
  4. bilou
  5. bilous
  6. Biloxi
  7. Biloxian
  8. Biloxians
  9. Biloxis
  10. Bilozerske
  11. Bilpin

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