"Biloxi" meaning in English

See Biloxi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from French bilocchy (recorded by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville in 1699), itself a corruption of Biloxi Tanêks ąyaadi (literally “first people”). The shift of /t/ to /b/ and /n/ to /l/ occurred via Mobilian, however James Owen Dorsey has stated that this “agrees with the laws of Siouan consonant changes”. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|bilocchy}} French bilocchy, {{der|en|bll|Tanêks ąyaadi|lit=first people}} Biloxi Tanêks ąyaadi (literally “first people”), {{der|en|mod|-}} Mobilian Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Biloxi
  1. The extinct Siouan language once spoken by the Biloxi.
    Sense id: en-Biloxi-en-name-t326ccG5
  2. A city in and one of the two county seats of Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. Categories (place): Cities in Mississippi, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Mississippi, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Biloxi-en-name-65qbkqqJ Categories (other): County seats of Mississippi, USA
  3. A village in southeastern Texas. Categories (place): Places in Texas, USA, Places in the United States, Villages in Texas, USA, Villages in the United States
    Sense id: en-Biloxi-en-name-EGkJ-DWK

Noun

Forms: Biloxi [plural], Biloxis [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French bilocchy (recorded by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville in 1699), itself a corruption of Biloxi Tanêks ąyaadi (literally “first people”). The shift of /t/ to /b/ and /n/ to /l/ occurred via Mobilian, however James Owen Dorsey has stated that this “agrees with the laws of Siouan consonant changes”. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|bilocchy}} French bilocchy, {{der|en|bll|Tanêks ąyaadi|lit=first people}} Biloxi Tanêks ąyaadi (literally “first people”), {{der|en|mod|-}} Mobilian Head templates: {{en-noun|*|s}} Biloxi (plural Biloxi or Biloxis)
  1. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting an area near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in southeast Mississippi.
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