Yazoo

[ yaz-oo, ya-zoo ]

noun

1. a city in W central Mississippi.
2. a river flowing SW from N Mississippi into the Mississippi River at Vicksburg. 188 miles (303 km) long.

Example Sentences

After stopping by a meet-and-greet in Ridgeland, a porch festival in Vicksburg, the Great Delta Bear Affair in Rolling Fork and an event on a baseball diamond in Yazoo City, Brandon Presley entered a packed room in McComb, launching into the message he believes can get a Democrat — namely, himself — elected governor of Mississippi.

From New York Times

After capturing the animal, the hunters hoisted it with a forklift and posed for a picture at Red Antler Processing in the Mississippi Delta town of Yazoo City.

From Washington Times

After capturing the animal, the hunters hoisted it with a forklift and posed for a picture at Red Antler Processing in the Mississippi Delta town of Yazoo City.

From Seattle Times

An outtake from the “Music from Big Pink” sessions, “Yazoo Street Scandal” originally surfaced on “The Basement Tapes,” the 1975 double-LP that was the first official release of music Bob Dylan and the Band recorded at the Woodstock house they dubbed “Big Pink.”

From Los Angeles Times

Moyet was one half of the 1980s pop duo Yazoo and enjoyed further chart success as a solo singer in the 1980s with songs such as Is This Love?

From BBC