Louisiana

English

Map of US highlighting Louisiana

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːˌiːziˈænə/, /ləˌwiːziˈænə/
• IPA^(key): /ˌluːziˈænə/

• Audio (GenAm):

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• Rhymes: -ænə

Proper noun

Louisiana

1. A state of the United States. Capital: Baton Rouge. Largest city: New Orleans.
2. University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Derived terms

• LA
• Louisianan
• Louisianian

Translations

US state

• Arabic: لُويْزِيَانَا f (luyziyānā)
• Armenian: Լուիզիանա (hy) (Luiziana)
• Azerbaijani: Luiziana (az)
• Bengali: লুইজিয়ানা (luijiẏana)
• Bulgarian: Луизиа́на f (Luiziána)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 路易斯安那州 (zh) (Lùyìsī'ānnà-zhōu)

• Czech: Louisiana (cs) f
• Danish: Louisiana
• Esperanto: Luiziano
• Finnish: Louisiana (fi)
• French: Louisiane (fr) f
• Galician: Luisiana (gl) f, Louisiana (gl) f
• Georgian: ლუიზიანა (luiziana)
• German: Louisiana (de)
• Greek: Λουιζιάνα (el) f (Louiziána)
• Haitian Creole: Lwiziana f
• Hawaiian: Luikiana
• Hindi: लुईज़ियाना (luīziyānā), लूसियाना (lūsiyānā)
• Italian: Louisiana (it), Luisiana f
• Japanese: ルイジアナ州 (Ruijiana-shū)
• Kabuverdianu:

  ALUPEC: Luiziana

  Badiu: Luiziana

  Barlavento: Luiziana

  Sotavento: Luiziana

  São Vicente: Luiziana

• Korean: 루이지애나 주 (Ru'ijiaena ju)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: Ludovicia f, Ludoviciana f
• Latvian: Luiziāna
• Ligurian: Louisiann-a
• Limburgish: Lousiana
• Lithuanian: Luiziana
• Macedonian: Луизија́на f (Luizijána)
• Marathi: लुईझियाना (luījhiyānā)
• Navajo: Tónteel Chʼínílį́
• Norman: Louisianne f
• Occitan: Loïsiana (oc)
• Ossetian: Луизианӕ (Lwizianæ)
• Persian: لوئیزیانا
• 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)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Луизиана f

  Roman: Luiziana f

• Spanish: Luisiana (es) f
• Swedish: Louisiana (sv) n
• Thai: ลุยเซียนา (lui-siia-nâa)
• Turkish: Louisiana (tr)
• Uzbek: Luiziana

  Former use: Луизиана (Luiziana)

• Yiddish: לויִזיאַנאַ (luizyana)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Louisiana

Further reading

• Louisiana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Czech

Proper noun

Louisiana f

1. Louisiana

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Louisiana.

Proper noun

Louisiana (genitive Louisianas)

1. Louisiana

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Louisiana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlui̯siɑ(ː)nɑ/, [ˈlui̯s̠iˌɑ̝(ː)nɑ̝]
• Hyphenation: 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 — —

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Italian

Proper noun

Louisiana f

1. Alternative spelling of Luisiana