proper noun
Street Slang
Bayou City
· proper noun · texas
Houston, named for the ten-plus bayous that vein the city.
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Houston's oldest civic nickname. The Allen brothers founded the city on Buffalo Bayou in 1836 and built outward along the slow brown waterways that still snake through every neighbourhood. When it floods — and it floods — the name explains itself.
“Welcome to Bayou City, where the freeways flood quicker than the drains.”
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Bayou City In A Sentence
Welcome to Bayou City, where the freeways flood quicker than the drains.
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What does Bayou City mean?
Bayou City is a nickname for Houston, named for the ten-plus bayous that vein the city.
Why is Houston called Bayou City?
Because more than ten bayous run through and across the city, giving it its watery nickname.
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