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Mississippi Sound

American  

noun

  1. an arm of the Gulf of Mexico, extending from Lake Borgne, SE Louisiana, to Mobile Bay, SW Alabama: part of the Intracoastal Waterway. About 100 miles (160 km) long.


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The Minerva Gloria is docked at a wharf in the Mississippi Sound, not far from the US's vast oil reserves in the Gulf of Mexico.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

I zipped past shipbuilding facilities and refineries, before cruising by grand historic homes watching over the Mississippi Sound.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

That state’s oyster stocks, already in sharp decline, collapsed after the Mississippi Sound was swamped by Mississippi River floodwaters released through the Bonnet Carre Spillway in 2019.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2022

The fresh water went through normally brackish Lake Pontchartrain into the Mississippi Sound, endangering fisheries and marine life.

From Washington Times • Dec. 28, 2019

Built to resist an attack from Mississippi Sound, the work was weak in the direction of the bay.

From Admiral Farragut by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

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