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Louisiana Symbols
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Louisiana State Names
Louisiana Nicknames and Resident's Name
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Pelican State
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Bayou State
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Child of the Mississippi
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The Creole State
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The Mardi Gras State
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The Cajun State
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Jazz capital of the US
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Sportsman's Paradise
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Bayou Country
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Cajun Country
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Sportsman's Paradise
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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
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