Louisiana
English
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Etymology
[edit]From French Louisiane, named for King Louis XIV of France.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /luːˌiːziˈænə/, /ləˌwiːziˈænə/
- (Southern US) IPA(key): /ˌluːziˈænə/
Audio (General American): (file) Audio (Southern US): (file) - Rhymes: -ænə
Proper noun
[edit]Louisiana
- A state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. Capital: Baton Rouge. Largest city: New Orleans.
- (historical) A vast territory in central North America:
- An administrative district of New France. (1682–1769; 1801–1803)
- A governorate of New Spain. (1769–1801)
- A former territory of the United States. (1805–1812)
- A city in Pike County, Missouri, named for the founder's daughter, Louisiana Bayse.
- A ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas.
- The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and especially its athletic program, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.
- A female given name.
Derived terms
[edit]- LA
- Louisiana cypress
- Louisiana grass
- Louisiana heron
- Louisiana muskrat
- Louisiana Regional English
- Louisiana tanager
- Louisiana Territory
- Louisiana water thrush
- Louisianan
- Louisianian
Translations
[edit]American state
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See also
[edit]| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal district: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
References
[edit]- ^ “10 U.S. State Name Spellings and Origins”, in Wordplay[1], Merriam-Webster, retrieved 2024-08-31
Further reading
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Czech
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Louisiana f (related adjective louisianský, demonym Louisiaňan, female demonym Louisiaňanka)
- Louisiana (a state of the United States)
Declension
[edit]Danish
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Louisiana.
Proper noun
[edit]Louisiana (genitive Louisianas)
- Louisiana (a state of the United States)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Louisiana
- Louisiana (a state of the United States)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Louisiana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Louisiana | — | |
| genitive | Louisianan | — | |
| partitive | Louisianaa | — | |
| illative | Louisianaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Louisiana | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Louisiana | — |
| gen. | Louisianan | ||
| genitive | Louisianan | — | |
| partitive | Louisianaa | — | |
| inessive | Louisianassa | — | |
| elative | Louisianasta | — | |
| illative | Louisianaan | — | |
| adessive | Louisianalla | — | |
| ablative | Louisianalta | — | |
| allative | Louisianalle | — | |
| essive | Louisianana | — | |
| translative | Louisianaksi | — | |
| abessive | Louisianatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Italian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Louisiana f
- Alternative spelling of Luisiana
Slovak
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Louisiana f (genitive singular Louisiany, declension pattern of žena)
- Louisiana (a state of the United States)
References
[edit]- “Louisiana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
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- Rhymes:English/ænə
- Rhymes:English/ænə/5 syllables
- English lemmas
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- en:Louisiana, USA
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- en:Historical dependent territories
- en:Places in France
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- en:Territories of the United States
- en:Cities in Missouri, USA
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- en:Ghost towns in Kansas, USA
- en:Places in Kansas, USA
- English given names
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- en:Universities
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- cs:Louisiana, USA
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- da:Louisiana, USA
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑnɑ
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- fi:Louisiana, USA
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