"Dog bayou" and "rugged bayou" are respectively literal and loose English equivalents of the French phrase bayou de chien.
Specifically, the masculine noun bayou functions as a French loan Word in English. The prepositional phrase de chien literally is "of dog". It may refer to a bayou whose terrain and/or waters are challenging, rugged, wild.
The pronunciation will be "ba-yoo duh shya" in French.
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