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Biloxi

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Noun

1. biloxi

a member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi

2. biloxi

an old town in southern Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico

3. biloxi

the Siouan language spoken by the Biloxi

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Biloxi

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noun
1. Word forms: plural Biˈloxi or Biˈloxis
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

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Biloxi

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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.
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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