Biloxi

[ bih-lok-see, -luhk- ]

/ bɪˈlɒk si, -ˈlʌk- /

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noun

a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.

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How to use Biloxi in a sentence

After a family trip to Disney World, she headed back to Biloxi.
Spies, Lies, and Rape in the Air Force: An Undercover Agent's Story|Jacob Siegel|March 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After graduating from basic training in Texas, Neubauer reported to Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi in March 2013.
Spies, Lies, and Rape in the Air Force: An Undercover Agent's Story|Jacob Siegel|March 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Soon after she was recruited by OSI, she says she was brought in to work on criminal cases with the Biloxi police department.
Spies, Lies, and Rape in the Air Force: An Undercover Agent's Story|Jacob Siegel|March 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As a lapsed Mississippian, one of the most shocking to me regarded his visit with Jefferson Davis down at Davis' home in Biloxi.
Brian Bedford Interviewed on The Importance of Being Earnest|Kevin Sessums|January 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Doing so in Biloxi, Mississippi, would get you run out of town.
Stop Indulging, America|Margaret Carlson|October 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST
And the Biloxi people, whom General Butler surprised of a morning, were found to be in a very tragic state.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865|Various
Iberville now repaired to the harbor of Biloxi, on the coast of the present State of Mississippi.
A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I|Francis Parkman
In the next year he made a third voyage, and ordered the feeble establishment at Biloxi to be moved to the bay of Mobile.
A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I|Francis Parkman
He planted his colony at Biloxi, a healthy but sterile spot between the Mobile and Mississippi rivers, and built a fortification.
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West|J. M. Peck
Since Eugene had left her at Biloxi, Angela had spent a most miserable period of seven months.
The "Genius"|Theodore Dreiser