Louisiana

English thumb|240px|Flag of Louisiana region Q1588 en Location of the state of Louisiana in the United States Etymology en fr Louisiane, named for King Louis XIV of France.en https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the-pronunciation-and-spelling-of-us-state-names/ 10 U.S. State Name Spellings and Origins 2024-08-31 yes Merriam-Webster Wordplay https://web.archive.org/web/20251114112747/https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the-pronunciation-and-spelling-of-us-state-names 14 November 2025 Pronunciation en /luːˌiːziˈænə/ /ləˌwiːziˈænə/ en /ˌluːziˈænə/ Southern US en en-us-Louisiana.ogg GenAm en en-us-Louisiana-2.ogg Southern US en ænə 5 Proper noun en Q1588en state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the c/US Baton Rouge New Orleans. en Lauren Mascarenhas and Isabel Rosales Federal judge temporarily blocks Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display Ten Commandments w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/12/us/louisiana-ten-commandments-law-blocked 2024-11-12 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20241205165653/https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/12/us/louisiana-ten-commandments-law-blocked/ en historical A vast territory in central North America: en former dependent territory c/France An administrative district of New France. (1682–1769; 1801–1803) en former dependent territory c/Spain A governorate of New Spain. (1769–1801) en former territory c/US. (1805–1812) en city co/Pike County s/Missouri named for the founder's daughter, Louisiana Bayse. en ghost town co/Douglas County s/Kansas. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and especially its athletic program, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns. en female. Derived terms en District of Louisiana French Louisiana LA Louisiana cypress Louisiana French Louisiana grass Louisiana heron Louisiana muskrat Louisiana Regional English Louisiana tanager Louisiana Territory Louisiana water thrush Louisiana waterthrush Louisianan Louisianese Louisianian Territory of Louisiana Descendants akz Loosiyaana 1 zh 路易斯安那 1 Translations American state Afrikaans: af Louisiana Alabama: akz Loosiyaana Antillean Creole: gcf Lwizyann f Arabic: ar لُوِيزِيَانَا f Armenian: hy Լուիզիանա Azerbaijani: az Luiziana Bengali: bn লুইজিয়ানা Bulgarian: bg Луизиа́на f Catalan: ca Luisiana f, ca Louisiana f Cherokee: chr ᎷᏫᏏᏰᎾ luwisiyena Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 路易斯安那 Lùyìsī'ānnà Corsican: co Louisiana f, co Luisiana f Czech: cs Louisiana f Danish: da Louisiana Dutch: nl Louisiana n Esperanto: eo Luiziano Finnish: fi Louisiana French: fr Louisiane f Galician: gl Luisiana f, gl Louisiana f Georgian: ka ლუიზიანა German: de Louisiana n Greek: el Λουιζιάνα f Haitian Creole: ht Lwizyàn f Hawaiian: haw Luikiana Hindi: hi लुईज़ियाना, hi लूसियाना Hungarian: hu Louisiana Italian: it Louisiana f, it Luisiana f, it Luigiana f Japanese: ja ルイジアナ Ruijiana, ja ルイジアナ州 Ruijiana-shū Kabuverdianu: ALUPEC: kea Luiziana Badiu: kea Luiziana Barlavento: kea Luiziana São Vicente: kea Luiziana Sotavento: kea Luiziana Khmer: km ល្វីហ្ស៊ីណា Korean: ko ^루이지애나, ko ^루이지아나 Lao: lo ຫຼຍຊີອານາ, lo ຫຼຸຍຊຽນນາ Latin: la Lūdovīciāna f, la Lūdovīcia f rare Latvian: lv Luiziāna Ligurian: lij Louisiann-a Limburgish: li Lousiana Lithuanian: lt Luiziana Louisiana Creole: lou Lalwizyann, lou Lwizyann, lou Lalwizyàn, lou Lwizyàn Macedonian: mk Луизија́на f Marathi: mr लुईझियाना Navajo: nv Tónteel Chʼínílį́ Norman: nrf Louisianne f, nrf Louisiane f Occitan: oc Loïsiana f Ossetian: os Луизианӕ Persian: fa لوئیزیانا lu'izyânâ Piedmontese: pms Luisian-a Polish: pl Luizjana f Portuguese: pt Luisiana f m, pt Louisiana f m Russian: ru Луизиа́на f Sanskrit: sa लुईजियाना Scots: sco Louisiana Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Луизиана f Latin: sh Luiziana f Spanish: es Luisiana f Swedish: sv Louisiana n Thai: th ลุยเซียนา Turkish: tr Louisiana Ukrainian: uk Луїзіа́на f Uzbek: uz Luiziana Cyrillic: uz Луизиана Yiddish: yi לויִזיאַנאַ See also References en eponyms en Universities Czech Etymology cs en Louisiana, itself a borrowing from cs fr Louisiane. Pronunciation Proper noun f Louisiaňan Louisiaňanka louisianský cs Louisiana Q1588 Declension f.sg Danish da: Etymology Borrowed from da en Louisiana, itself a borrowing from da fr Louisiane. Proper noun da proper noun genitive Louisianas da Louisiana Q1588 Finnish fi: thumb|right|Louisiana Etymology From fi en Louisiana, itself a borrowing from fi fr Louisiane. Pronunciation luisia(ː)na Loui.sia.na Proper noun fi Louisiana Q1588 Declension sg Louisian a Italian Proper noun f it Luisiana: it Louisiana Q1588 Slovak sk: Etymology sk en Louisiana, itself a borrowing from sk fr Louisiane. Pronunciation luiziána loan 1 Proper noun f Louisiančan Louisiančanka sk Louisiana Q1588 Declension f sg Further reading