Biloxis

Variant of Biloxi

Biloxi definition

Bi·loxi (bə luk′sē, -läk′sē)

noun

  1. pl. Biloxi -·i or Biloxis -·is a member of a North American Indian people that lived in the lower Mississippi Valley
  2. the Siouan language of this people, no longer spoken

Etymology: Fr, earlier Bilocchy, prob. of Muskogean orig.

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