Yazoo
Americannoun
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a city in W central Mississippi.
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a river flowing SW from N Mississippi into the Mississippi River at Vicksburg. 188 miles (303 km) long.
Example Sentences
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That reflects a recent market selloff and concerns about disruptions at CF Industries’ Yazoo City plant, Macquarie says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
Born Alzenia Lynn Hamilton on April 25, 1930, in Yazoo City, Miss., and raised from age 12 in Chicago, she studied acting at the Goodman Theatre and later earned a bachelor of arts degree.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2025
The south Delta’s Yazoo Backwater area covers thousands of square miles, starting just north of Vicksburg and going up to where Mississippi Highway 12 bisects the Delta.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023
Its residents live with the risk of flooding should the backwater levees along the Yazoo fail.
From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2023
I didn’t even want to think how much more miserable her life might become in that shack down along the Yazoo.
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
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