Louisiana

English

Map of US highlighting Louisiana

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /luːˌiːziˈænə/, /ləˌwiːziˈænə/
(Southern American English) IPA^(key): /ˌluːziˈænə/
Audio (GenAm) (file)
Audio (Southern US) (file)
Rhymes: -ænə

Proper noun

Louisiana

A state of the United States of America. Capital: Baton Rouge. Largest city: New Orleans.

Derived terms

Translations

US state

Arabic: لُويْزِيَانَا‎ f (luyziyānā)
Armenian: Լուիզիանա (Luiziana)
Azerbaijani: Luiziana (az)
Bengali: লুইজিয়ানা (luijiyana)
Bulgarian: Луизиана f (Luiziána)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 路易斯安那州 (zh) (Lùyìsī'ānnà-zhōu)
Czech: Louisiana (cs) f
Danish: Louisiana
Esperanto: Luiziano
Finnish: Louisiana (fi)
French: Louisiane (fr) f
Galician: Luisiana (gl) f, Louisiana (gl) f
Georgian: ლუიზიანა (luiziana)
German: Louisiana (de)
Greek: Λουιζιάνα (el) f (Louiziána)
Haitian Creole: Lwiziana f
Hawaiian: Luikiana
Hindi: लुईज़ियाना (luīziyānā)
Italian: Louisiana (it)
Japanese: ルイジアナ州 (Ruijiana-shū)
Kabuverdianu:
ALUPEC: Luiziana

Badiu: Luiziana

Barlavento: Luiziana

Sotavento: Luiziana

São Vicente: Luiziana
Korean: 루이지애나 주 (ruijiaena chu)

Latin: Ludoviciana f
Latvian: Luiziāna
Ligurian: Louisiann-a
Limburgish: Lousiana
Lithuanian: Luiziana
Macedonian: Луизијана f (Luizijána)
Marathi: लुईझियाना (luījhiyānā)
Navajo: Tónteel Chʼínílį́
Norman: Louisianne f
Occitan: Loïsiana (oc)
Ossetian: Луизианæ (Lwizianæ)
Persian: لوئیزیانا‎
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)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Луизиана f

Roman: Luiziana f
Spanish: Luisiana (es) f
Swedish: Louisiana (sv) n
Thai: ลุยเซียนา (lui-siia-nâa)
Turkish: Louisiana (tr)
Uzbek: Luiziana
Former use: Луизиана
Yiddish: לויִזיאַנאַ‎ (luizyana)

See also

Appendix:Place names in Louisiana

Further reading

Louisiana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Proper noun

Louisiana f

Louisiana

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Louisiana.

Proper noun

Louisiana (genitive Louisianas)

Louisiana

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