Biloxi

English + people + language +, Mississippi Etymology Borrowed from en fr bilocchy (recorded by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville in 1699), itself a corruption of en bll Tanêks ąyaadi first people. The shift of /t/ to /b/ and /n/ to /l/ occurred via en mod -, however James Owen Dorsey has stated that this “agrees with the laws of Siouan consonant changes”.5 Noun * s A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting an area near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in southeast Mississippi. Proper noun The extinct Siouan language once spoken by the Biloxi. en A <<city>> in and one of the two <<county seats>> of <<co/Harrison County>>, <<s/Mississippi>>, <<c/USA>>. TopoZone: Biloxi, Mississippi en village in southeastern s/Texas. Derived terms en Biloxian References Further reading en Extinct languages