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A list of US state slogans is available, as well as a list of US state State Name, origin of the state names,  and the state resident's names.

 

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Louisiana Symbols

 

Louisiana Greeting

 

Louisiana Symbols

American Folk Dance , Amphibian, Bird, Cajun Creole Heritage , Colors, Christmas in the Country, Crustacean, Cuisine, Day, Dog, Doughnut, Drink, Environmental Song, Flag, Flower, Fossil, Fresh Water Fish, Fruit, Garden Week, Gateway to the Atchafalaya Basin, Gemstone, Insect, Jellies, Judicial Poem, Mammal, March Song, Meat Pie, Motto, Nicknames, Musical Instrument, Painting, Pledge of Allegiance, Reptile, Saltwater Fish, Senate Poem, Seal, Song1, Song2, State Museum of Natural History, Tartan, Tree, Uncle Earl's Hog Dog Trials, Vegetable, Vegetable Plant, Wild Flower

 

 

 

 

Louisiana State Names

Louisiana Name Etymology and State Nicknames

South

  • Pelican State
  • Bayou State
  • Child of the Mississippi
  • The Creole State
  • The Mardi Gras State
  • The Cajun State
  • Jazz capital of the US
  • Sportsman's Paradise
  • Bayou Country
  • Cajun Country
  • Sportsman's Paradise
  • Sugar State

 

Pelican State

Tribute to the official state bird, the brown pelican, which is native to Louisiana.

 

Child of the Mississippi

River flows past New Orleans into the Gulf of Mexico.

 

Origin of Louisiana State Name

In honor of Louis XIV of France.

 

Louisiana is another state, along with Illinois, that bears the mark of Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle. The first European to descend the Mississippi River to the delta, this French explorer named the area La Louisianne after Louis XIV of France in 1682.

Louisiana Postal Code

LA
Louisiana Resident's Name
Louisianan, Louisianian

 

 

 

State Names

State Names & Nicknames

 

The etymologies of some US state names are more obvious than others, derived from the Spanish or French tongue. Though, more than half of the US state names come from Native American tribal languages, with several still a mystery to scholars and historians.

 

name  \ˈnām\
noun


Etymology:Middle English, from Old English nama; akin to Old High German namo name, Latin nomen, Greek onoma, onyma


Date: before 12th century


1

a: a word or phrase that constitutes the distinctive designation of a person or thing

b: a word or symbol used in logic to designate an entity

 

 

 

 

 
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