Louisiana
pronunciation
How to pronounce Louisiana in British English:
UK [lu:,i:zi'ænə]
How to pronounce Louisiana in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
Word Origin
- Louisiana
- named 1682 by French explorer la Salle for Louis XIV of France. The name originally applied to the entire Mississippi basin.
Example
- 1. Hurricane isaac is fixed near the southeast louisiana coast .
- 2. Another egregious example comes from louisiana .
- 3. And it is being shot in louisiana .
- 4. Some of the universities in louisiana did this .
- 5. The 5th fattest state in america is louisiana .