re: How common is this Cajun term?

We have Coullees and Coulee swamps here in nela.

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I have heard that term used only in Lafayette and surrounding areas….very commonly used in that area, though.

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Same here. I’ve only heard it from Lafayette people

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How common is this Cajun term?
Coulee Hippolyte is south of Lake Charles. Yeah it’s a ditch

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There is also Griffith Coulee, Pithon Coulee and Kayouche Coulle in Lake Charles... drainage ditches all over.

wikipedia link

Coulee Crossing is the name of a road in Woodworth, LA.

plenty around here,a coulee is usually smaller than a bayou,but larger than a ditch,basically where the ditches drain into

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Grew up in Lafayette; coulee is a very big ditch, like the big open concrete ones you see running through cities. I've never heard it used for a small roadside ditch.

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Same here.

There is a coulee that is right by folks last house in Rocky Branch. Yep, it’s bigger than a ditch but nowhere near the size of a bayou. It actually dumps into the Ouachita River when the river gets up but becomes landlocked once the river falls. Usually holds a mega shite ton of Wood Ducks but it is a roost so only those brave souls who aren’t scared of dream killers go shoot it up.

I thought it was a redneck term since the South LA folk hardly ever let us borrow a word.

We called them gullies