Louisiana

It is 515 miles according to Google Maps taking this route:

1. Take SR-35 EAST, from Scottsboro, to I-59 SOUTH.
2. Take I-59 SOUTH to I-12 WEST to BATON ROUGE at EXIT 1A. To bypass BIRMINGHAM, take I-459 SOUTH (EXIT 137 off I-59 in ALABAMA).

Fleur-de-lis means "flower of the lily"and was LouisXIV's family emblem. Louisiana was named after him and it became the symbol of New Orleans. It is a stylized graphic of an iris. It can be seen as a decoration on many old New Orleans buildings in the iron work, tile work and wood trim. Much later the Saints football team adopted it as its team logo.

After Hurricane Katrina (2005) many locals wore it to show New Orleans solidarity and pride.

The following was found on RhymeZone.com. The link to RhymeZone.com site is listed in the Related Links section.

2 syllables:

ana, Anna, branna, cana, chana, danna, flanna, frana, Ghana, grana, hana, hanna, Hannah, jana, janna, kana, khanna, lana, lanna, llana, manna, nana, nanna, rana, sanna, santa, Santa's, shana, vana, vanna, vrana

3 syllables:

alana, aldana, amana, arana, arcana, arlana, atlanta, avana, banana, bandana, briana, brianna, cabana, campana, deana, deanna, Diana, dianna, duana, dulciana, dyana, edana, fianna, fontana, gitana, haldana, havana, heryana, humana, joanna, johanna, jordana, kiana, lacana, lagana, lantana, levana, louanna, luana, luwana, magana, mahannah, mccanna, mckanna, messana, morgana, nervana, nolana, ocana, oksana, pastrana, pestana, philana, piana, piano, pizana, quintana, retana, rexana, rohana, rosanna, roxana, roxanna, saldana, Santana, savanna, Savannah, shibanna, solana, stevana, susanna, susannah, suzanna, sylvana, terrana, triana, urbana, viana, zambrana, zorana

4 syllables:

adriana, andriana, ariana, arianna, caruana, castellana, christiana, christianna, cusiana, dwarf banana, genus rana, georgiana, gloriana, ileana, Indiana, juliana, lapiana, liliana, lilliana, lorenzana, maiorana, mariana, martorana, mexicana, nelliana, orellana, oriana, pollyanna, susquehanna, tatiana, texarkana, top banana, tramontana, tropicana, villafana, villagrana, villasana, viviana, vox humana

5 syllables:

americana, copacabana, dominicana, fata morgana, italiana, Louisiana

6 syllables:

capital of Ghana, edible banana, Japanese banana

7 syllables:

anas americana, rhea americana, sorbus americana, ulmus americana

8 syllables:

capital of Indiana, ethiopian banana

9 syllables:

capital of Louisiana, veronica americana

Banana?
Hannah, banana, Nana, Anna, Santana, Diana,

Because of the Mississippi river allowed transportation of goods and people from the Gulf of Mexico and land -east and west.