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.
Origin:
Origin: Alteration of Biloxi taneks anya, first people
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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.