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Bat·on Rouge

 (băt′n ro͞ozh′)
The capital of Louisiana, in the southeast-central part of the state on a bluff above the Mississippi River. Founded in 1719 as a French fort, it became the state capital in 1849 and was captured (May 1862) by Union admiral David Farragut during the Civil War. It is a major port of entry and oil-refining center.
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Baton Rouge

(ˈbætən ˈruːʒ)
n
(Placename) the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
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Bat•on Rouge

(ˈbæt n ˈruʒ)
n.
the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part: a river port on the Mississippi. 215,882.
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Noun1.Baton Rouge - capital of LouisianaBaton Rouge - capital of Louisiana      
capital of Louisiana
Baton Rouge Bridge - a cantilever bridge across the Mississippi at Baton Rouge
Louisiana, Pelican State, LA - a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
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It was evening before the three comrades came into Aiguillon, There they found Sir Nigel Loring and Ford safely lodged at the sign of the "Baton Rouge," where they supped on good fare and slept between lavender-scented sheets.
"This Sir Gaston is a very worthy man," said he to his squires as they rode from the "Baton Rouge." "He hath a very strong desire to advance himself, and would have entered upon some small knightly debate with me, had he not chanced to have his arm-bone broken by the kick of a horse.
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