Louisiana

English

Map of US highlighting Louisiana

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• 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

Louisiana

1. A state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. Capital: Baton Rouge. Largest city: New Orleans.
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

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

Translations

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)

Further reading

• Louisiana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Proper noun

Louisiana f (related adjective louisianský, demonym Louisiaňan, female demonym Louisiaňanka)

1. Louisiana (a state of the United States)

Declension

Declension of Louisiana (sg-only hard feminine)

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

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Louisiana.

Proper noun

Louisiana (genitive Louisianas)

1. Louisiana (a state of the United States)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Louisiana.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Louisiana

1. Louisiana (a state of the United States)

Declension

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 Louisianassaan Louisianassansa — elative Louisianastaan Louisianastansa — illative Louisianaansa — adessive Louisianallaan Louisianallansa — ablative Louisianaltaan Louisianaltansa — allative Louisianalleen Louisianallensa — essive Louisiananaan Louisiananansa — translative Louisianakseen Louisianaksensa — abessive Louisianattaan Louisianattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Italian

Proper noun

Louisiana f

1. Alternative spelling of Luisiana

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈluiziaːna]

Proper noun

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

1. Louisiana (a state of the United States)

References

• “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, 2024