Baton Rouge is the capital of Louisiana. Its name means "red stick" in French.
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One unique characteristic of the French colony of Louisiana is that it was named after King Louis. Hence the name LOUISiana. The first Louisiana legal code was written in French. It is the only state that based its laws on French and Spanish legal codes. All other states are based on the common law and thus the law in Louisiana is vastly different than the law in all the other states in the US.
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Baton Rouge is the capital of Louisiana. Its name means "red stick" in French.
Louisiana
louisiana
Baton Rouge is French for "red stick" and is the capital of Louisiana.
Louisiana
Baton Rouge is the capital city in Louisiana.
Louisiana was once a French colony.
"This is not french. " Yes, it is French. Opelousas is the name of a town in St. Landry parish, Louisiana. Sostan is spelled Sosthène in French, and it is a man's name.
English is the de-facto language of Louisiana. French is the next de-facto language.
One unique characteristic of the French colony of Louisiana is that it was named after King Louis. Hence the name LOUISiana. The first Louisiana legal code was written in French. It is the only state that based its laws on French and Spanish legal codes. All other states are based on the common law and thus the law in Louisiana is vastly different than the law in all the other states in the US.
Baton Rouge is the capital city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The French word rouge translates to red in English. The French word baton translates to stick in English.