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Shreve⋅port

[shreev-pawrt, -pohrt]
–noun
a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River. 205,815.
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Shreve·port   (shrēv'pôrt', -pōrt')   
A city of northwest Louisiana on the Red River near the Texas border. Founded in the 1830s, it grew rapidly after the discovery of oil in the region (1906). Population: 200,000.
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