a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
"After Louisiana was admitted as a state in 1812, it became one of the first to secede during the American Civil War."
A state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. Capital: Baton Rouge. Largest city: New Orleans.
"After visiting the historic French Quarter in New Orleans, we drove north to visit our relatives in Louisiana's capital, Baton Rouge."
The name Louisiana comes from the French word Louisiane, which was created to honor King Louis XIV of France. The region took its English name directly through this French designation rather than evolving an independent meaning in England.