Biloxi

Bi·lox·i ¹

 (bə-lŭk′sē, -lŏk′-)

n. pl. Biloxi or Bi·lox·is

1. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting territory around Biloxi Bay in southeast Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico.

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

 (bə-lŭk′sē, -lŏk′-)

A city of southeast Mississippi on a peninsula between Biloxi Bay and Mississippi Sound on the Gulf of Mexico. Settled by the French in 1699, Biloxi is a resort with many casinos. In 2005, the city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

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Bi•lox•i

(bɪˈlɒk si; locally -ˈlʌk-)

n.

a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico. 49,311.

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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

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