Definitions for Shreveport
ˈʃrivˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrtshreve·port

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1. Shreveportnoun

   a city in northwest Louisiana on the Red River near the Texas border

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1. Shreveportnoun

   A city in the state of Louisiana, America.

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1. Shreveport

   Shreveport ( SHREEV-port) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, respectively. The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, with a population of 393,406 in 2020, is the fourth largest in Louisiana, though 2020 census estimates placed its population at 397,590. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. It extends along the west bank of the Red River (most notably at Wright Island, the Charles and Marie Hamel Memorial Park, and Bagley Island) into neighboring Bossier Parish. The United States Census Bureau's 2020 census tabulation for the city's population was 187,593, though the American Community Survey's census estimates determined 189,890 residents.Shreveport was founded in 1836 by the Shreve Town Company, a corporation established to develop a town at the juncture of the newly navigable Red River and the Texas Trail, an overland route into the newly independent Republic of Texas. Prior to Texas becoming independent, this trail entered Mexico. It grew throughout the 20th century and, after the discovery of oil in Louisiana, became a national center for the oil industry. Standard Oil of Louisiana (absorbed by Standard Oil of New Jersey and now part of ExxonMobil) and United Gas Corporation (now part of Pennzoil) were headquartered in the city until the 1960s and 1980s. After the loss of jobs in the oil industry, the close of Shreveport Operations (a General Motors vehicle factory), and other economic problems it struggled with a declining population, poverty, drugs and violent crime. However, the city continues in its efforts to revitalize its infrastructure, revive the economy through diversification, and lower crime. Despite these efforts, the city witnessed the largest number of homicides in its recorded history in 2021, eclipsing the previous record set in 1993.Shreveport is the educational, commercial and cultural center of the Ark-La-Tex region, where Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas meet. It is the location of Centenary College of Louisiana, Louisiana State University Shreveport, Louisiana Tech University Shreveport, Southern University at Shreveport, and Louisiana Baptist University. Its neighboring city, Bossier City, is the location of Bossier Parish Community College. It forms part of the I-20 Cyber Corridor linking Shreveport, Bossier City, Ruston, Grambling, and Monroe to Dallas and Tyler, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia. Companies with significant operations or headquarters in Shreveport are Amazon, Regions Financial Corporation, JPMorgan Chase, Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, AT&T Mobility, United Parcel Service, Walmart, Chick-fil-A, Waffle House, SWEPCO, General Electric, UOP LLC, Calumet Specialty Products Partners, and APS Payroll.

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1. shreveport

   Shreveport is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located in the northwest part of the state. It is the third largest city in Louisiana and serves as the educational, commercial and cultural center of the region known as the Ark-La-Tex, where the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas meet. Shreveport is known for its casinos, music scene, particularly the brand of dance-oriented rock-and-roll music known as Louisiana Hayride, and as the filming location for many movies and TV shows.

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1. Shreveport

   Shreveport is the third largest city in the U.S State of Louisiana and the 108th-largest city in the United States. It is the seat of Caddo Parish and extends along the Red River into neighboring Bossier Parish. Bossier City is separated from Shreveport by the Red River. The population was 199,311 at the 2010 census, and the Shreveport-Bossier City Metropolitan Area population exceeds 439,800. The Shreveport-Bossier City Metropolitan Statistical Area ranks 117th in the United States, according to the United States Census Bureau. Shreveport was founded in 1805 by the Shreve Town Company, a corporation established to develop a town at the juncture of the newly navigable Red River and the Texas Trail, an overland route into the newly independent Republic of Texas and, prior to that time, into Mexico. Shreveport is the commercial and cultural center of the Ark-La-Tex, the area where Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas meet. Many people in the community refer to the two cities of Shreveport and Bossier City as "Shreveport-Bossier".

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Shreveport in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Shreveport in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Shreveport in a Sentence

1. Michael LaFitte:

   I immediately knew that this isn't the school that we sent our children to, this isn't the community that we're raising our babies in, i reached out to these guys and some other parents. We decided to have a meeting in downtown Shreveport ... (to) put together a master plan. That plan did not include coming up to the school. That was the furthest thing on our mind.

2. Kelvin Cochran:

   Miss Maddie house’s the day that God convicted me in my heart that I wanted to be a firefighter when I grew up, all I thought about growing up in Shreveport was not being poor and being a firefighter.

3. Mayor Perkins:

   We are experiencing an inexcusable surge of violent crime in this particular moment, my number one priority is focusing on the future and making sure that each and every citizen of Shreveport is as safe as possible. The police department needs change.

4. Edward Shihadeh:

   Three of the highest crime cities in America -- Shreveport, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans -- are all in Louisiana, which is among the poorest( states) in the country.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Shreveport
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shreveport
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shreveport
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5. ^ Wikidata
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