yazoo
IPA: jˈɑzu
noun
- (US) A tributary that runs parallel to a river (especially when separated by a natural levee).
- A tribe of the Native American Tunica people historically located along the lower course of the Yazoo River.
- The Yazoo River, a river in Mississippi, United States.
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Examples of "yazoo" in Sentences
- The Yazoo Lands is kind of anomalous.
- Cloud is then shot by Yazoo in the back.
- He was a strong opponent of the Yazoo claims.
- It went on to become a UK top ten hit for Yazoo .
- It emulated the success of the original Yazoo version.
- Hello, I'm trying to fully reference the Yazoo article.
- A lot of the Yazoo page has been there for a long while.
- The regiment participated in the expedition up the Yazoo River.
- They lived in the northwest of Mississippi in the Yazoo River basin.
- An alternative is that the nickname applied originally to the Yazoo and Mississippi railroad and that was later applied to the Yazoo Delta railroad.