English Explanatory Dictionary

Calcasieu Parish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Parish seat: Lake Charles.

Word forms

Calcasieu Parish

Etymology

The name Calcasieu comes from the Atakapan word, "quelqueshue" in a French transliteration, meaning "crying eagle." It was the name of an Atakapa chief, which French colonists applied to the local river, the Calcasieu River.

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