Biloxi
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Bi·lox·i 1
(bə-lŭk′sē, -lŏk′-)n. pl. Biloxi or Bi·lox·is
1. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting territory around Biloxi Bay in southeast Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico.
2. The extinct Siouan language of the Biloxi.
[Alteration of Biloxi taneks anya, first people.]
Bi·lox·i 2
(bə-lŭk′sē, -lŏk′-) A city of southeast Mississippi on a peninsula between Biloxi Bay and Mississippi Sound on the Gulf of Mexico. Settled by the French in 1699, Biloxi is a resort with many casinos. In 2005, the city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
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Bi•lox•i
(bɪˈlɒk si; locally -ˈlʌk-)n.
a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico. 49,311.
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| Noun | 1. | Biloxi - a member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi |
| 2. |  Biloxi - an old town in southern Mississippi on the Gulf of MexicoMagnolia State, Mississippi, MS - a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War | |
| 3. | Biloxi - the Siouan language spoken by the Biloxi Siouan language, Siouan - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux |
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