LA

LA is the loneliest and most brutal of American cities; New York gets god-awful cold in the winter but there’s a feeling of wacky comradeship somewhere in some streets. LA is a jungle.

1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 13, in On the Road, Penguin, published 1976, →OCLC, part 1, page 86:

Speaking as an LA native, this is the longest earthquake I’ve ever felt!

2005 May 1, Robert Lamoreaux, Michelle Lamoreaux, Nicole Demerse, Jef Biederman, Richard Clark, “Evil Promotion Much?”, in Totally Spies!: Undercover, season 3, episode 24, spoken by Clover (Andrea Baker), Marathon Media, via Teletoon:

Initialism of Los Angeles, a city in the United States.

Abbreviation of Louisiana, a state of the United States.


Louisiana

From French Louisiane, named for King Louis XIV of France.

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A state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. Capital: Baton Rouge. Largest city: New Orleans.

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pelican

From Middle English pellican, pellicane, from Old English pellican (“pelican”), from Latin pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán),
πέλεκυς (pélekus, “hatchet”).

A native or resident of the American state of Louisiana.


bayou

From Cajun French bayou, from Choctaw bayuk (“creek”). Doublet of bogue.

You natural persons old and young! / You on the Mississippi and on all the branches and bayous of the Mississippi! / You friendly boatmen and mechanics! you roughs!

1892, Walt Whitman, “A Leaf for Hand in Hand”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], →OCLC, page 109:

A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.


New Orleans

→ Greek: Νιου Ορλίνς (Niou Orlíns)

→ Vietnamese: Ngọc Lân

The largest city in Louisiana, United States and the parish seat of Orleans Parish, which is coterminous with the city. It is an industrial and distribution center and major seaport located along the Mississippi near the Gulf of Mexico, known for its rich cultural heritage, especially its music and cuisine.

Nawlins

representing the local dialectal pronunciation


jambalaya

en-noun

jambalaya (countable and uncountable, plural jambalayas)

/ˌd͡ʒæmbəˈlaɪə/

/ˌd͡ʒʌmbəˈlaɪə/

From Louisiana Creole jambalaya, origin uncertain, probably from Provençal or Old Occitan jambalaia.

Any of various of rice-based dishes common in Louisiana Cajun or Creole cooking; most often with shrimp, oysters, chicken or ham.


New Orleanian

Of, or relating to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.


Louisianian

United States of America
United States of America

From, or pertaining to, the state of Louisiana in the United States of America.


Pelican State

A tribute to Louisiana's official state bird, the brown pelican.

United States of America
United States of America#English

The official nickname for the state of Louisiana in the United States of America.


pistolette

(Louisiana) A stuffed and fried bread roll, eaten in the Cajun areas around Lafayette, Louisiana.


Creole State

An unofficial nickname for the state of Louisiana in the United States of America.


Bayou State

From the numerous bayous flowing through these states.

An unofficial nickname for the state of Mississippi in the United States of America.


Crescent City

Del Norte County
Del Norte County#English

A harbor city in northern California, United States, and the county seat of Del Norte County.

A city in Putnam County, Florida, United States.

A village in Iroquois County, Illinois, United States.


parish seat

(in Louisiana) The city in which the offices of parish government are located.

quận lỵ

city in which the offices of a parish government are located


neutral ground

[ˈnuːt͡ʃɹɫ̩ ɡɹaʊ̯nd]

I just hope it's not the two guys who've been assigned to cut the grass on the neutral grounds for the past ten years; man, things would really be different around here without them.

2005, Chris Rose, 1 Dead in Attic, Simon & Schuster, published 2015, page 32:

(Louisiana) The median strip or central reservation between lanes of traffic in a divided highway.


OMV

Office of Motor Vehicles
w:Department of Motor Vehicles

(US) Initialism of Office of Motor Vehicles., the equivalent to a Department of Motor Vehicles for the states of Arkansas and Louisiana.


The Boot

From the boot-shaped outline of Louisiana's borders.

...To California, place your order (Crunk ain't dead, crunk ain't dead, bitch) / To the boot, them niggas shoot (Crunk ain't dead)...

2019, Duke Deuce (lyrics and music), “Crunk Ain't Dead”:

(humorous) A nickname for the state of Louisiana in the United States of America.


Sportsman's Paradise

From these regions' extensive hunting and fishing resources.


French Quarter

A neighborhood and National Historic Landmark in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.