Biloxi
/bɪˈlɒk.si/noun
A city in Mississippi on the Gulf Coast; also the name of a Native American people and language.
Did you know?Biloxi is an English form of a Native American place and tribal name, recorded by French colonists on the Gulf Coast and later carried into modern geography.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Columbian era
Siouan
*biloxi
“The inherited tribal/place name used by the Biloxi people; exact original sense is uncertain.”
Early 1700s
French
Biloxi
“A French-recorded spelling of the Native name for the people and their settlement on the Gulf Coast.”
18th–19th Century
English
Biloxi
“The established English name for the town and the people/language associated with it.”
Modern English
English
Biloxi
“A city in Mississippi and the name of the Biloxi people and their language.”