Louisiana

From French Louisiane, named for King Louis XIV of France.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /luːˌiːziˈænə/, /ləˌwiːziˈænə/
• (Southern US) IPA^(key): /ˌluːziˈænə/

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• Rhymes: -ænə

Louisiana

2. A state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. Capital: Baton Rouge. Largest city: New Orleans.
   • 2024 November 12, Lauren Mascarenhas and Isabel Rosales, “Federal judge temporarily blocks Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display Ten Commandments”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     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.

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈlou̯ɪsɪjana]

Louisiana f (relational adjective louisianský, demonym Louisiaňan, female demonym Louisiaňanka)

1. Louisiana (a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States)

Borrowed from English Louisiana.

Louisiana (genitive Louisianas)

1. Louisiana (a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States)

From English Louisiana.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlui̯siɑ(ː)nɑ/, [ˈlui̯s̠iˌɑ̝(ː)nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Loui‧sia‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): Loui‧sia‧na

Louisiana

1. Louisiana (a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States)

Louisiana f

1. alternative spelling of Luisiana: Louisiana (a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States)

• IPA^(key): /luiziaːna/, [ˈluiziaːna]
• Rhymes: -aːna

Louisiana f (demonym Louisiančan, female demonym Louisiančanka)

1. Louisiana (a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States)

• “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, 2003–2026