Biloxi

Bi·lox·i ¹  (b-lks, -lk-)

n. pl. Biloxi or Bi·lox·is

1.

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.

2. The extinct Siouan language of the Biloxi.

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[Alteration of Biloxi taneks aⁿya, first people.]

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Bi·lox·i ²  (b-lks, -lk-)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Biloxi - a member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi Siouan, Sioux - a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
	2.	Biloxi - an old town in southern Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico Magnolia 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