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Baton Rouge

[bat-n roozh]

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noun

the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part: a river port on the Mississippi. 219,486.

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noun

a state in the S United States. 4,203,972; 48,522 sq. mi. (125,672 sq. km). Capital: Baton Rouge. Abbreviation: LA (for use with zip code), La.

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Lou·i·si·an·an, Lou·i·si·an·i·an, adjective, noun

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Baton Rouge (ˈbæt^ən ˈruːʒ)

—n
	the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)

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Baton Rouge

city in Louisiana, U.S., a French translation of Choctaw itti homma "red pole," perhaps in reference to a painted boundary marker.

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