Yazoo

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English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Yazoo

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

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