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bayou

Franco-American term for a body of water typically found in flat, low-lying area
Class type of: body of water Q812585

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
geography term
Country
United States[2]
Subclass of
body of water[3]
Short name
BYU[5]
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en bayou ar بايو el μπάγιου fa بایو he באייו ja バイユー ko 바이우 pl Bayou (kraina) ru Байу zh 小海灣口 zh 河口地區 zh 河道支流
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85012513
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300008674
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/bayou
Environment Ontology ID
00000234
Exact match
purl.obolibrary.org
Freebase ID
/m/02yybg
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
bayous
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007282424405171
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials ID
tgm000885
Vikidia article ID
fr:Bayou
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
09239993-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/3884c9bd-d392-43cf-83a4-32ffc88828e1
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Yle topic ID
18-244141

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🔗 Connections
Examples 2
Bayou Bartholomew, Bayou Teche
← Set in environment 2
The Rescuers, The Princess and the Frog
Country 1
United States
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Subclass of 1
body of water
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Summary

bayou is a geography term[1].

Related Entities

United States

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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Mxn · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → geography term
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: geography term"
  2. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → body of water
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007282424405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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