Biloxi
noun
- pl. Biloxi or Biloxis a member of a North American Indian people that lived in the lower Mississippi Valley
- the Siouan language of this people, no longer spoken
See Biloxi in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(bə-lŭkˈsē, -lŏkˈ-)
noun pl. Biloxi Biloxi or
Bi·lox·is a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting territory around Biloxi Bay in southeast Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico.
b. A member of this people.
- The extinct Siouan language of the Biloxi.
(bə-lŭkˈsē, -lŏkˈ-)
A city of southeast Mississippi on a peninsula between Biloxi Bay and Mississippi Sound on the Gulf of Mexico. Old Biloxi was settled by the French in 1699. Population: 44,300.
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