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 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

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

The Delta — a pancake-flat expanse wedged between the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers in the northwestern part of the state — has long been defined by a contradiction.

From New York Times

At a public meeting on Thursday in Onward, Mississippi, experts from the Corps and the Environmental Protection Agency presented what they called a “preferred approach” to water management in the Yazoo Backwater area.

From Seattle Times

The Mississippi Delta, the wedge of fertile farmland where cotton has been grown for generations between the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers, is accustomed to foul weather.

From New York Times