Arcadia

From Latin Arcadia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arkadía).

Arcadia
Arcadia (ancient region)
Arcadia (utopia)

Bienville Parish
Bienville Parish#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town, the parish seat of Bienville Parish, Louisiana.


Alexandria

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Alexandria.wav

From Middle English Alexandria, from Old English Alexandria, from Latin Alexandrīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), initially chiefly places founded by Alexander the Great of Macedonia and subsequently usually with reference to Alexandria in Egypt, a major Hellenistic cultural center, center of early Christianity, and continuing major international port. Compare Antioch, Seleucia, and Ptolemais. Doublet of Kandahar, Iskenderun, Scandaroon, and Alexandretta.

Алекса́ндрия

any of a number of cities bearing the same name

A city, the parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana.


Abbeville

From French Abbeville, from Old French Abevile.

Vermilion Parish
Vermilion Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States.


New Orleans

→ Greek: Νιου Ορλίνς (Niou Orlíns)

→ Vietnamese: Ngọc Lân

N'Orlins (alternative)
N'orlins (alternative)
N' Orlins (alternative)
Norlins (alternative)
Nawlins (alternative)

The largest city in Louisiana, United States and the parish seat of Orleans Parish, which is coterminous with the city.


Columbia

From Columbus + -ia, the Latinized name of the European explorer, Christopher Columbus. Piecewise doublet of Colombia.

A town, the parish seat of Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.


Franklin

en-prop

Franklin (countable and uncountable, plural Franklins)

From Middle English frankelein (“freeholder”), see franklin. The place names are mostly named after American statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790).

named-after

A city, the parish seat of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.


Homer

en-proper noun

Homer (countable and uncountable, plural Homers)

From Latin Homērus, from Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (Hómēros).

Claiborne Parish
Claiborne Parish#English

A town, the parish seat of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Baton Rouge

/ˌbætən ˈɹuːʒ/

[̩bʰæ.ʔn̩ ˈɹuːʒ]

From the French bâton rouge ("red stick"); so named because of a red painted pole placed on its original site by Native Americans.

East Baton Rouge Parish
East Baton Rouge Parish#English

The capital city of the state of Louisiana in the United States and the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish.


Shreveport

A city, the parish seat of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States.

シュリーブポート

a city in the state of Louisiana, America


Jena

A town, the parish seat of LaSalle Parish, Louisiana, United States, which was named after the German city.


Cameron

Cameron (countable and uncountable, plural Camerons)

Camerons (plural)
Kameron (alternative)
Camron (alternative)
Camryn (alternative)
Kamryn (alternative)

From Scottish Gaelic Camshròn, from cam (“crooked, bent”) + sròn (“nose”). Compare Campbell, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”).

census-designated place
census-designated place

A census-designated place, the parish seat of Cameron Parish, Louisiana.


Mansfield

From Old English Mammesfeld, from a Brythonic word mamm, meaning "mother" or "breast" + feld (“field”).

A city, the parish seat of DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.


Lafayette

Lafayette (countable and uncountable, plural Lafayettes)

Lafayettes (plural)
Fayette (alternative)
LaFayette (alternative)
laFayette (alternative)
la Fayette (alternative)
La Fayette (alternative)
deFayette (alternative)
de Fayette (alternative)
De Fayette (alternative)
DeFayette (alternative)
Defayette (alternative)
de la Fayette (alternative)
De La Fayette (alternative)
de La Fayette (alternative)
De la Fayette (alternative)
delaFayette (alternative)
DeLaFayette (alternative)
DelaFayette (alternative)
deLaFayette (alternative)
deLafayette (alternative)
DeLafayette (alternative)
Delafayette (alternative)
de Lafayette (alternative)
De Lafayette (alternative)
De LaFayette (alternative)
De laFayette (alternative)
de laFayette (alternative)
dela Fayette (alternative)
DeLa Fayette (alternative)
Dela Fayette (alternative)
deLa Fayette (alternative)

/ˌlɑːfiːˈɛt/

French surname from Occitan, "the little beech tree".

Meronym: McComb

Lafayette Parish
Lafayette Parish#English

A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:

A large city, the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.


Clinton

Clinton
Clinton (disambiguation)
en:DeWitt Clinton
en:Glinton, Cambridgeshire
en:Glympton

* (English habitational surname): A habitational surname, derived from places named Glinton ("town on a hill") or Glympton ("settlement on the River Glyme"), from Old English [Term?] + tun (“enclosure, homestead, town”), equivalent to the modern -ton.
* (given name): Derived from the surnames.
* (DeWitt County): Named after DeWitt Clinton.

A town, the parish seat of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.

East Feliciana Parish
East Feliciana Parish#English


Monroe

From Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”) + Roe, a river in Northern Ireland, meaning "man from the River Roe".

inh

Any of a number of places in the United States, including:

A sizable city, the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.


Jennings

en-proper noun

Jennings (countable and uncountable, plural Jenningses or Jennings)

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the parish seat of Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana.

Jefferson Davis Parish
Jefferson Davis Parish#English


Livingston

Livingston Parish
Livingston Parish#English

A town, the parish seat of Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Benton

Benton (countable and uncountable, plural Bentons)

From either Old English bēan (“bean”) or *beonet (“bentgrass”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A town, the parish seat of Bossier Parish, Louisiana.


Crowley

A city, the parish seat of Acadia Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Vidalia

Concordia Parish
Concordia Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of Concordia Parish, Louisiana.


Coushatta

Borrowed from Koasati Kowassa:ti (“bobcat people”).

Red River Parish
Red River Parish#English

A town, the parish seat of Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Ruston

A city, the parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Chalmette

Named for its founder, Louis-Xavier Martin de Lino de Chalmette, from French.

St. Bernard Parish
St. Bernard Parish#English

A census-designated place, the parish seat of St. Bernard Parish, in southeastern Louisiana, United States.


Jonesboro

The name of several towns and cities, including:

A town, the parish seat of Jackson Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Natchitoches

Natchitoches Parish
Natchitoches Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Gretna

Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Colfax

From coal + fox, describing a fox with black marks.

A town, the parish seat of Grant Parish, Louisiana; named for Schuyler Colfax.


Covington

en-prop

Covington (countable and uncountable, plural Covingtons)

From Old English Cofingtun, from Cofa (a masculine given name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + -tun (“settlement”, literally “Cofa's town”).

St. Tammany Parish
St. Tammany Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana; named for Leonard Covington.


Leesville

A city, the parish seat of Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States.


St. Joseph

The placenames all come ultimately from the saint's name, either directly (as tributes) or indirectly (if inspired by previously founded places of the same name).

A town, the parish seat of Tensas Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Ville Platte

Evangeline Parish
Evangeline Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Thibodaux

Lafourche Parish
Lafourche Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. It was named after Henry S. Thibodaux.


Lake Charles

The name of many lakes and reservoirs, including:

A city, the parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, named after the lake.

Calcasieu Parish
Calcasieu Parish#English


Pointe à la Hache

unincorporated community
unincorporated community

Plaquemines Parish
Plaquemines Parish#English

A census-designated place and unincorporated community, the parish seat of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Oberlin

A town, the parish seat of Allen Parish, Louisiana, United States. Named after J. F. Oberlin.


Winnsboro

A city, the parish seat of Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Greensburg

St. Helena Parish
St. Helena Parish#English

A town, the parish seat of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Opelousas

He was a wiry youth from Opelousas.

2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 55:

St. Landry Parish
St. Landry Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Minden

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the parish seat of Webster Parish, Louisiana.


Farmerville

A town, the parish seat of Union Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Harrisonburg

Catahoula Parish
Catahoula Parish#English

A village, the parish seat of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Tallulah

Borrowed from Cherokee Tallulah, name of a river in Georgia. See etymology section of Wikipedia article Tallulah River.

A city, the parish seat of Madison Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Donaldsonville

Ascension Parish
Ascension Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States.


New Iberia

/ˌnuː aɪˈbɪɹiə/

A city, the parish seat of Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Convent

census-designated place
census-designated place

St. James Parish
St. James Parish#English

A census-designated place, the parish seat of St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States.


New Roads

Named after a new road built between the Mississippi River and False River (an oxbow lake).

Pointe Coupee Parish
Pointe Coupee Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Amite City

Tangipahoa Parish
Tangipahoa Parish#English

A town, the parish seat of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is commonly known as just Amite, including by the U.S. Post Office.


Plaquemine

Iberville Parish
Iberville Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Many

en-proper noun

Many (countable and uncountable, plural Manys)

Borrowed from French Many or a variant of Maney. The town in Louisiana is named after a Colonel Many.

A town, the parish seat of Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States.


St. Francisville

West Feliciana Parish
West Feliciana Parish#English

A town, the parish seat of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Napoleonville

From Napoleon + -ville, named by a soldier who served under Napoleon Bonaparte.

Assumption Parish
Assumption Parish#English

A village, the parish seat of Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Marksville

Avoyelles Parish
Avoyelles Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States.


DeRidder

Beauregard Parish
Beauregard Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Bastrop

Named for Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop.

Morehouse Parish
Morehouse Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Rayville

A town, the parish seat of Richland Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Edgard

St. John the Baptist Parish
St. John the Baptist Parish#English

A census-designated place, the parish seat of St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States.


St. Martinville

St. Martin Parish
St. Martin Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Houma

Comardelle - who left the island for the city of Houma in southeast Louisiana - splits her life between raising her family and the fight for her people's future, and has spent so much time in the office that her three children keep toys there.

2018 April 21, Nicky Milne, “Louisiana 'islanders' find a new home beyond the water”, in Megan Rowling, Belinda Goldsmith, editors, Reuters, World:

In hard-hit Houma, the dismal reality of life without air conditioning, refrigeration or other more basic needs began to sink in.

2021 September 1, “Hundreds of thousands in Louisiana face prolonged power, water outages after Hurricane Ida”, in France 24, archived from the original on 2021-09-01:

Terrebonne Parish
Terrebonne Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Port Allen

West Baton Rouge Parish
West Baton Rouge Parish#English

A city, the parish seat of West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Winnfield

Presumably from Winn + field, compare with Winfield.

A city, the parish seat of Winn Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Franklinton

Washington Parish
Washington Parish#English

A number of places in the United States:

A town, the parish seat of Washington Parish, Louisiana, originally named Franklin.


Lake Providence

East Carroll Parish
East Carroll Parish#English

Mississippi River
Mississippi River#English

A town, the parish seat of East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States, named after an oxbow lake in the Mississippi River.


Hahnville

From Hahn + -ville, named after Michael Hahn.

census-designated place
census-designated place

St. Charles Parish
St. Charles Parish#English

A census-designated place, the parish seat of St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, United States.


Oak Grove

West Carroll Parish
West Carroll Parish#English

A town, the parish seat of West Carroll Parish, Louisiana.