Louisiana - Wiktionary

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:LouisianaWikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (General American):

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• Audio (Southern US):

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• Rhymes: -ænə

Proper noun

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Louisiana

1. 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.
2. (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)
3. A city in Pike County, Missouri, named for the founder's daughter, Louisiana Bayse.
4. A ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas.
5. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and especially its athletic program, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.
6. A female given name.

Derived terms

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• LA
• Louisiana cypress
• Louisiana French
• Louisiana grass
• Louisiana heron
• Louisiana muskrat
• Louisianan
• Louisiana Regional English
• Louisiana tanager
• Louisiana Territory
• Louisiana water thrush
• Louisianian

Translations

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Afrikaans: Louisiana Antillean Creole: Lwizyann f Arabic: لُوِيزِيَانَا f (luwīziyānā) Armenian: Լուիզիանա (hy) (Luiziana) Azerbaijani: Luiziana (az) Bengali: লুইজিয়ানা (luijiẏana) Bulgarian: Луизиа́на f (Luiziána) Catalan: Luisiana f, Louisiana f Cherokee: ᎷᏫᏏᏰᎾ (luwisiyena) Chinese: Mandarin: 路易斯安那州 (zh) (Lùyìsī'ānnà-zhōu) Corsican: Louisiana f, Luisiana f Czech: Louisiana (cs) f Danish: Louisiana Dutch: Louisiana (nl) n Esperanto: Luiziano Finnish: Louisiana (fi) French: Louisiane (fr) f Galician: Luisiana (gl) f, Louisiana (gl) f Georgian: ლუიზიანა (luiziana) German: Louisiana (de) n Greek: Λουιζιάνα (el) f (Louiziána) Haitian Creole: Lwizyàn f Hawaiian: Luikiana Hindi: लुईज़ियाना (luīziyānā), लूसियाना (lūsiyānā) Hungarian: Louisiana (hu) Italian: Louisiana (it) f, Luisiana f, Luigiana f Japanese: ルイジアナ (ja) (Ruijiana), ルイジアナ州 (Ruijiana-shū) Kabuverdianu: ALUPEC: Luiziana Badiu: Luiziana Barlavento: Luiziana São Vicente: Luiziana Sotavento: Luiziana Khmer: ល្វីហ្ស៊ីណា (lviiziinaa) Korean: 루이지애나 (Ru'ijiaena), 루이지아나 (Ru'ijiana) Lao: ຫຼຍຊີອານາ (la nya sī ʼā nā), ຫຼຸຍຊຽນນາ (lui sīan nā) Latin: Lūdovīcia f, Lūdovīciāna f Latvian: Luiziāna Ligurian: Louisiann-a Limburgish: Lousiana Lithuanian: Luiziana Louisiana Creole: Lalwizyann, Lwizyann, Lalwizyàn, Lwizyàn Macedonian: Луизија́на f (Luizijána) Marathi: लुईझियाना (luījhiyānā) Navajo: Tónteel Chʼínílį́ Norman: Louisianne f, Louisiane f Occitan: Loïsiana (oc) f Ossetian: Луизианӕ (Lwizianæ) Persian: لوئیزیانا (lu'izyânâ) Piedmontese: Luisian-a Polish: Luizjana (pl) f Portuguese: Luisiana f or m, Louisiana (pt) f or m Russian: Луизиа́на (ru) f (Luiziána) Sanskrit: लुईजियाना (luījiyānā) Scots: Louisiana Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Луизиана f Roman: Luiziana f Spanish: Luisiana (es) f Swedish: Louisiana (sv) n Thai: ลุยเซียนา (lui-siia-nâa) Turkish: Louisiana (tr) Ukrainian: Луїзіа́на f (Lujiziána) Uzbek: Luiziana Cyrillic: Луизиана (Luiziana) Yiddish: לויִזיאַנאַ (luizyana)

See also

[edit] Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)

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

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1. ^ “10 U.S. State Name Spellings and Origins”, in Wordplay‎[1], Merriam-Webster, retrieved 31 August 2024

Czech

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): [ˈlou̯ɪsɪjana]

Proper noun

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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)

Declension

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singular
nominative	Louisiana
genitive	Louisiany
dative	Louisianě
accusative	Louisianu
vocative	Louisiano
locative	Louisianě
instrumental	Louisianou

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:LouisianaWikipedia da

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Louisiana.

Proper noun

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Louisiana (genitive Louisianas)

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

Finnish

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Etymology

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From English Louisiana.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Louisiana

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

Declension

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Inflection of Louisiana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
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.

Possessive forms of Louisiana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Louisianani — accusative nom. Louisianani — gen. Louisianani genitive Louisianani — partitive Louisianaani — inessive Louisianassani — elative Louisianastani — illative Louisianaani — adessive Louisianallani — ablative Louisianaltani — allative Louisianalleni — essive Louisiananani — translative Louisianakseni — abessive Louisianattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Louisianasi — accusative nom. Louisianasi — gen. Louisianasi genitive Louisianasi — partitive Louisianaasi — inessive Louisianassasi — elative Louisianastasi — illative Louisianaasi — adessive Louisianallasi — ablative Louisianaltasi — allative Louisianallesi — essive Louisiananasi — translative Louisianaksesi — abessive Louisianattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Louisianamme — accusative nom. Louisianamme — gen. Louisianamme genitive Louisianamme — partitive Louisianaamme — inessive Louisianassamme — elative Louisianastamme — illative Louisianaamme — adessive Louisianallamme — ablative Louisianaltamme — allative Louisianallemme — essive Louisiananamme — translative Louisianaksemme — abessive Louisianattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Louisiananne — accusative nom. Louisiananne — gen. Louisiananne genitive Louisiananne — partitive Louisianaanne — inessive Louisianassanne — elative Louisianastanne — illative Louisianaanne — adessive Louisianallanne — ablative Louisianaltanne — allative Louisianallenne — essive Louisianananne — translative Louisianaksenne — abessive Louisianattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Louisianansa — accusative nom. Louisianansa — gen. Louisianansa genitive Louisianansa — partitive Louisianaansa — inessive LouisianassaanLouisianassansa — elative LouisianastaanLouisianastansa — illative Louisianaansa — adessive LouisianallaanLouisianallansa — ablative LouisianaltaanLouisianaltansa — allative LouisianalleenLouisianallensa — essive LouisiananaanLouisiananansa — translative LouisianakseenLouisianaksensa — abessive LouisianattaanLouisianattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Italian

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Proper noun

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Louisiana f

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

Slovak

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Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:LouisianaWikipedia sk

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): [ˈluiziaːna]

Proper noun

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Louisiana f (genitive singular Louisiany, declension pattern of žena)

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

References

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• “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, 2003–2025