English Explanatory Dictionary

Louisiana

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. Capital: Baton Rouge. Largest city: New Orleans.
  2. A vast territory in central North America:
  3. An administrative district of New France. (1682–1769; 1801–1803)
  4. A governorate of New Spain. (1769–1801)
  5. A former territory of the United States. (1805–1812)
  6. A city in Pike County, Missouri, named for the founder's daughter, Louisiana Bayse.
  7. A ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas.
  8. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and especially its athletic program, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.
  9. A female given name.

Pronunciation

/luːˌiːziˈænə/ /ləˌwiːziˈænə/ /ˌluːziˈænə/ en-us-Louisiana.ogg en-us-Louisiana-2.ogg

Word forms

Louisiana

Etymology

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

Derived words

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

Translations

Afrikaans: Louisiana Antillean Creole: Lwizyann Arabic: لُوِيزِيَانَا Armenian: Լուիզիանա Azerbaijani: Luiziana Bengali: লুইজিয়ানা Bulgarian: Луизиа́на Catalan: Luisiana Catalan: Louisiana Cherokee: ᎷᏫᏏᏰᎾ Chinese Mandarin: 路易斯安那州 Corsican: Louisiana Corsican: Luisiana Czech: Louisiana Danish: Louisiana Dutch: Louisiana Esperanto: Luiziano Finnish: Louisiana French: Louisiane Galician: Luisiana Galician: Louisiana Georgian: ლუიზიანა German: Louisiana Greek: Λουιζιάνα Haitian Creole: Lwizyàn Hawaiian: Luikiana Hindi: लुईज़ियाना Hindi: लूसियाना Hungarian: Louisiana Italian: Louisiana Italian: Luisiana Italian: Luigiana Japanese: ルイジアナ Japanese: ルイジアナ州 Kabuverdianu: Luiziana Barlavento: Luiziana Sotavento: Luiziana Khmer: ល្វីហ្ស៊ីណា Korean: 루이지애나 Korean: 루이지아나 Lao: ຫຼຍຊີອານາ Lao: ຫຼຸຍຊຽນນາ Latin: Lūdovīcia Latin: Lūdovīciāna Latvian: Luiziāna Ligurian: Louisiann-a Limburgish: Lousiana Lithuanian: Luiziana Louisiana Creole: Lalwizyann Louisiana Creole: Lwizyann Louisiana Creole: Lalwizyàn Louisiana Creole: Lwizyàn Macedonian: Луизија́на
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