1. (n.)Louisiana a state in the S United States. 4,468,976; 48,522 sq. mi. (125,672 sq. km).
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Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)Louisiana, Pelican State, LA 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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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
1. LOUISIANA an AmericanState on the Gulf of Mexico, between the Mississippi and Sabine Rivers, with Arkansas on the N. and traversed diagonally by the Red River, is halfupland and half alluvial; much of the lowerlevel in the S. is marshy, subject to tidal flow or river inundation, and is covered by swampy woods, but is being reclaimed and planted with rice; on the uplands cattle are grazed, there are pine and oak forests, while the arable land is under cotton, sugar, oranges, and figs; the principal manufactures are shingles and tanks, cotton-seed oil, tobacco, and clothing; there is a StateUniversity and agricultural and mechanical college at Baton Rouge; the Southern and Tulane Universities are in New Orleans; free schools are throughout the State. Founded by France, but held by Spain from 1762 till 1800, ceded again to France and sold to the United States by Napoleon, it was admitted to the Union in 1812. In the Civil War a hundred battles were fought within the State and New Orleans was captured, which leftruin behind; but since 1880 prosperity has returned, property is increasing fast, and finances are healthy.
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