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Louisiana State Cuisine

GumboGumbo

Adopted in 2004

Regular Session, 2004
HOUSE BILL NO. 27
BY REPRESENTATIVE E. GUILLORY
AN ACT
To enact R.S. 49:170.12, relative to state symbols; to designate gumbo as the official state cuisine; and to provide for related matters.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
Section 1. R.S. 49:170.12 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
 §170.12. State cuisine
There shall be an official state cuisine. The official state cuisine shall be gumbo. Its use on the official documents of the state and with the insignia of thestate is hereby authorized.

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State symbols represent things that are special to a particular state.

symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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