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Definition of Biloxi

1. Noun. A member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi.

2. Noun. An old town in southern Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico.

3. Noun. The Siouan language spoken by the Biloxi.

Definition of Biloxi

1. Proper noun. A city in Mississippi, USA. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Biloxi

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Billy Wix Billy Yank Billy no mates Billybob Billyjean Biloxi (current term) Biloxian Biloxians Binet Binet-Simon scale

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Literary usage of Biloxi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"JIM OF Biloxi "Jim f of Biloxi." That is all It is graven into the granite wall ... Jim of Biloxi. Nothing more Naught of his name or his fame is sure, ..."

2. Special Report by Geological Survey of Alabama, Columbia University, School of Dental and Oral Surgery (1894)
"Analysis of the profiles of these wells as given by Mr. Sutter of Biloxi, the engineer who sunk them, after a varying thickness from 10 to 100 feet of upper ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The Biloxi settlement being difficult of access from the sea, Bienville thought it unsuitable for the headquarters of the province. ..."

4. The Louisiana Historical Quarterly by Henry Plauché Dart, 1858- ed, John Dymond, d. 1922 ed, Louisiana Historical Society (1922)
"THE Biloxi BI CENTENNIAL' By Andre Lafargue Mr. President, Ladies ahd Gentlemen: I have been asked very graciously by the Executive Committee of Louisiana ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1894)
"Since then the Biloxi have been known as a people of the Siouan linguistic ... In 1669, according to Drake, the Biloxi had their village on Biloxi Bay, ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"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. .around ..."

7. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1894)
"name Biloxi: " As to the signification of the name it may be stated that in the Cha'hta Nation, Indian Territory, there is, twenty miles south of Eufaula, ..."

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