Yazoo
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Yazoo may mean:
- Yazoo tribeYazoo tribeThe Yazoo were a tribe of the Native American Tunica people historically located on the lower course of Yazoo River, Mississippi. It was closely connected to other Tunica peoples, especially the Tunica, Koroa, and possibly the Tioux....
, a Native American people who lived in Mississippi - Yazoo (language)
- Yazoo RiverYazoo RiverThe Yazoo River is a river in the U.S. state of Mississippi.The Yazoo River was named by French explorer La Salle in 1682 as "Rivière des Yazous" in reference to the Yazoo tribe living near the river's mouth. The exact meaning of the term is unclear...
, in the state of Mississippi - Yazoo streamYazoo streamA yazoo stream is a hydrologic term for any tributary stream that runs parallel to, and within the floodplain of, a larger river which the stream eventually joins. Where the two meet is known as a belated confluence or deferred junction. This is especially the characteristic when such a stream is...
, a type of floodplain tributary - Yazoo landsYazoo landsThe Yazoo lands were the sparsely-populated central and western areas of the U.S. state of Georgia, when its western border stretched back to the Mississippi River. It was named for the Yazoo tribe of Native Americans. Several other places and things were named Yazoo, either for or along with the...
, historic area in Mississippi and Alabama, formerly occupied by Yazoo tribe - Yazoo land scandalYazoo land scandalThe Yazoo land scandal, Yazoo fraud, Yazoo land fraud, or Yazoo land controversy was a massive fraud perpetrated from 1794 to 1803 by several Georgia governors and the state legislature. They sold large tracts of land in what is now the state of Mississippi to political insiders at very low prices...
- Yazoo County, MississippiYazoo County, Mississippi-National protected area:*Hillside National Wildlife Refuge *Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge-History:The area which is now Yazoo County was acquired by the State of Mississippi from the Choctaw Indians in 1820. Yazoo County was established on January 21, 1823. It was the 19th county...
- Yazoo City, MississippiYazoo City, MississippiYazoo City is a city in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. It was named after the Yazoo River, which, in turn was named by the French explorer Robert La Salle. It is the county seat of Yazoo County and the principal city of the Yazoo City Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the...
- Yazoo Delta RailroadYazoo Delta RailroadThe Yazoo-Delta Railroad was a branch line that opened in August 1897 between Moorhead and Ruleville, Mississippi...
- Yazoo Brewing CompanyYazoo Brewing CompanyYazoo Brewing Company, a Nashville, TN brewery, was founded in 2003 by Brewmaster Linus Hall. The brewery was located in what was once the Marathon Motor Works factory building in downtown Nashville, but moved to The Gulch in March, 2010...
, a brewery in Nashville, Tennessee - Yazoo/KeesYazoo/KeesYazoo/Kees is a manufacturer of lawn mowers. Since October 1999 it has been owned by Sweden-based Husqvarna. Yazoo/Kees employs approximately 300 people and builds its commercial mowing equipment at a facility in Beatrice, Nebraska.-History:...
(originally Yazoo Manufacturing Company), a maker of lawn mowers owned by HusqvarnaHusqvarna ABThe Husqvarna Group is the world's largest producer of outdoor power products including chainsaws, trimmers, lawn mowers and garden tractors. The Group is also the European leader in consumer watering products and one of the world leaders in cutting equipment and diamond tools for the construction... - Yazoo (band)Yazoo (band)Yazoo are a British synthpop duo from Basildon, Essex. They had a number of Top 10 hits in the UK charts in the early 1980s...
, a 1980s English pop band, known as Yaz in the United States - Yazoo (drink)Yazoo (drink)Yazoo is a bottled flavoured milk, or milkshake, produced by Campina and is sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is available in three flavours: banana, chocolate and strawberry. Yazoo is a 'sterilised' milk drink made with skimmed and whole milk. It is suitable for vegetarians and is a...
, a flavoured milk drink made by Campina - Yazoo RecordsYazoo RecordsYazoo Records is an American record label, founded in the late 1960s by Nick Perls. It specializes in early American blues, country, jazz, and other rural American genres ....
- Yazoo, a character from Final Fantasy VII Advent Children