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Louisiana en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ləˌwiːziˈænə/
  • /ˌluːziˈænə/ (Southern-US)
  • (Southern-US) audio
  • /luːˌiːziˈænə/
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French Louisiane, named for King Louis XIV of France.

Meanings

  1. A state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. Capital: Baton Rouge. Largest city: New Orleans.
    • A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by the new year. 2024 November 12, Lauren Mascarenhas and Isabel Rosales, “Federal judge temporarily blocks Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display Ten Commandments”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2024:
  2. (historical) A vast territory in central North America: ▸ An administrative district of New France. (1682–1769; 1801–1803)
  3. (historical) A vast territory in central North America: ▸ A governorate of New Spain. (1769–1801)
  4. (historical) A vast territory in central North America: ▸ A former territory of the United States. (1805–1812)
  5. A city in Pike County, Missouri, named for the founder's daughter, Louisiana Bayse.
  6. A ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas.
  7. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and especially its athletic program, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.
  8. A female given name.

Deriveds

District of Louisiana · Territory of Louisiana · Louisiana muskrat · Louisianese · Louisiana waterthrush · Louisiana grass · Louisiana French · Louisianian · LA · Louisiana Territory · Louisiana water thrush · Louisianan · Louisiana Regional English · Louisiana cypress · Louisiana heron · Louisiana tanager · French Louisiana

Descendants

路易斯安那

Translations (79)

it Luisiana (American state) · bn লুইজিয়ানা (American state) · nv Tónteel Chʼínílį́ (American state) · pms Luisian-a (American state) · it Louisiana (American state) · kea Luiziana (American state) · lo ຫຼຍຊີອານາ (American state) · lou Lalwizyann (American state) · sh Луизиана (American state) · th ลุยเซียนา (American state) · it Luigiana (American state) · gcf Lwizyann (American state) · fr Louisiane (American state) · ca Luisiana (American state) · os Луизианӕ (American state) · fi Louisiana (American state) · kea Luiziana (American state) · af Louisiana (American state) · ko 루이지애나 (American state) · uz Луизиана (American state) · mk Луизија́на (American state) · km ល្វីហ្ស៊ីណា (American state) · kea Luiziana (American state) · hi लूसियाना (American state) · ht Lwizyàn (American state) · eo Luiziano (American state) · nl Louisiana (American state) · el Λουιζιάνα (American state) · la Lūdovīcia (American state) · lo ຫຼຸຍຊຽນນາ (American state) · kea Luiziana (American state) · nrf Louisianne (American state) · ka ლუიზიანა (American state) · yi לויִזיאַנאַ (American state) · co Louisiana (American state) · de Louisiana (American state) · pl Luizjana (American state) · li Lousiana (American state) · ar لُوِيزِيَانَا (American state) · hu Louisiana (American state) · gl Louisiana (American state) · gl Luisiana (American state) · sa लुईजियाना (American state) · az Luiziana (American state) · uk Луїзіа́на (American state) · oc Loïsiana (American state) · es Luisiana (American state) · hi लुईज़ियाना (American state) · lv Luiziāna (American state) · hy Լուիզիանա (American state) · fa لوئیزیانا (American state) · da Louisiana (American state) · lou Lwizyàn (American state) · cs Louisiana (American state) · lij Louisiann-a (American state) · lt Luiziana (American state) · bg Луизиа́на (American state) · ja ルイジアナ (American state) · la Lūdovīciāna (American state) · lou Lwizyann (American state) · ru Луизиа́на (American state) · nrf Louisiane (American state) · pt Louisiana (American state) · ko 루이지아나 (American state) · ca Louisiana (American state) · kea Luiziana (American state) · lou Lalwizyàn (American state) · sh Luiziana (American state) · chr ᎷᏫᏏᏰᎾ (American state) · ja ルイジアナ州 (American state) · sco Louisiana (American state) · tr Louisiana (American state) · haw Luikiana (American state) · sv Louisiana (American state) · mr लुईझियाना (American state) · co Luisiana (American state) · pt Luisiana (American state) · uz Luiziana (American state) · cmn 路易斯安那 (American state)

wikipedia: Louis XIV · wikipedia: Merriam-Webster