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Louisiana

loui·siana

UK/luːˌiːziˈænə/ US/ləˌwiːziˈænə/ fairly common

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a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

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

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