Biloxi Definition

bə-lŭksē, -lŏk-
biloxis
noun
A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting territory around Biloxi Bay in southeast Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico.
American Heritage
A member of a North American Indian people that lived in the lower Mississippi Valley.
Webster's New World
The extinct Siouan language of the Biloxi.
American Heritage
The Siouan language of this people, no longer spoken.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A city in Mississippi, USA.

Wiktionary
An extict language of the Biloxi Native Americans.
Wiktionary

A village in southeastern Texas.

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Origin of Biloxi

  • Alteration of Biloxi taneks anya first people

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Biloxi Sentence Examples

  • The first European settlement in Mississippi was founded in 1699 by Pierre Lemoyne, better known as Iberville, at Fort Maurepas (Old Biloxi) on the north side of Biloxi Bay, in what is now Harrison county.

  • The oldest permanent settlements in the state are (New) Biloxi (c. 1712), situated across the bay from Old Biloxi and nearer to the Gulf, and Natchez or Fort Rosalie (1716).

  • Soon after Iberville had built Fort Maurepas (near the present city of Biloxi, Mississippi) in 1699, a fort was erected on the Mississippi river about 40 m.

  • Biloxi is both a summer and a winter resort, particularly for the people of New Orleans and Mobile, and has a fine beach, extending for about 12 m.

  • Pierre le Moyne d'Iberville (1661-1706) in 1699 built Fort Maurepas across the bay from the present city; and the settlement there, called Biloxi after the Biloxi Indians, was the first to be established by the French in this region.

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Words Starting With

BBIBIL

Words Ending With

IXIOXI

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Words Starting With B and Ending With I

Starts With B & Ends With IStarts With BI & Ends With IStarts With B & Ends With XI

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With B6 Letter Words Ending With I