Map of US highlighting Louisiana FromFrench Louisiane , named for KingLouis XIV of France.[ 1]
Louisiana
A state in theDeep South and South Central regions of theUnited States . Capital:Baton Rouge . Largest city:New Orleans . ( historical ) A vast territory in centralNorth America :An administrative district ofNew France . (1682–1769; 1801–1803) Agovernorate ofNew Spain . (1769–1801) A former territory of theUnited States . (1805–1812) A city inPike County ,Missouri , named for the founder's daughter, Louisiana Bayse. Aghost town inDouglas County ,Kansas . TheUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette , and especially its athletic program, theLouisiana Ragin' Cajuns . A femalegiven name .American state
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 ( 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 ( lu nya sīan nā ) Latin:Lūdovīcia f ,Lūdovīciāna f Latvian:Luiziāna Ligurian:Louisiann-a Limburgish:Lousiana Lithuanian:Luiziana Louisiana Creole:Lalwizyann f ,Lwizyann f ,Lwizyàn f 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 )
^ “10 U.S. State Name Spellings and Origins”, inWordplay [1] ,Merriam-Webster , retrieved2024-08-31 Louisiana f (relational adjective louisianský ,demonym Louisiaňan ,femaledemonym Louisiaňanka )
Louisiana (a state in theDeep South and South Central regions of theUnited States )Declension ofLouisiana (sg-only hard feminine )
Borrowed fromEnglish Louisiana .
Louisiana (genitive Louisianas )
Louisiana (a state in theDeep South and South Central regions of theUnited States )FromEnglish Louisiana .
IPA (key ) : /ˈlui̯siɑ(ː)nɑ/ ,[ˈlui̯s̠iˌɑ̝(ː)nɑ̝] Rhymes:-ɑnɑ Hyphenation(key ) :Loui‧sia‧na Louisiana
Louisiana (a state in theDeep South and South Central regions of theUnited States )Louisiana f
Alternative spelling ofLuisiana :Louisiana (a state in theDeep South and South Central regions of theUnited States )Louisiana f (genitive singular Louisiany ,declension pattern of žena )
Louisiana (a state in theDeep South and South Central regions of theUnited States )“Louisiana ”, inSlovníkový 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