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nouna state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
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- red a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
- jefferson 3rd President of the United States; chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it (1743-1826)
- monroe a town in north central Louisiana
- alexandria a town in Louisiana on the Red River
- chopin United States writer who described Creole life in Louisiana (1851-1904)
- bayou a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
- zydeco music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues
- creole a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana)
- creole of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana
- lafayette a town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadians