Pelican State

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Pelican State - a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

Louisiana, LA

U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

Gulf States - a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas

Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

South - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

Deep South - the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery

Alexandria - a town in Louisiana on the Red River

Baton Rouge, capital of Louisiana - capital of Louisiana

Lafayette - a town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadians

Monroe - a town in north central Louisiana

Morgan City - a town in southeast Louisiana to the south of Baton Rouge

New Orleans - a port and largest city in Louisiana; located in southeastern Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi river; a major center for offshore drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico; jazz originated here among black musicians in the late 19th century; Mardi Gras is celebrated here each year

Shreveport - a city in northwest Louisiana on the Red River near the Texas border

Ouachita, Ouachita River - a river that rises in western Arkansas and flows southeast into eastern Louisiana to become a tributary of the Red River

Red River, Red - a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana

References in periodicals archive ?

The Pelican State is the 29th to adopt such a program, which is linked to the federal Fostering Connections Act of 2008, through which states are reimbursed for some costs if they extend foster care through age 21.

Helping Foster Kids Succeed

That amounts to nearly 1 in 9 students attending a charter school in the Pelican State. But charters have also attracted opposition from many school districts and teachers.

Judging Choice: Court victory for charter schools in Louisiana

For him, and many diehards, bowfishing is a year-round activity in the Pelican State.

March Madness: Fast & Furious Bowfishing on the Louisiana Coast

John Bel Edwards says the plane is a tribute to the Pelican State and a flying ambassador.

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines unveils Louisiana-themed jet

The Pelican State ranked dead last in opportunity and was in the 40s in every other category, the only state to accomplish that feat.

All 50 States Ranked In Annual Report

Members of the Consular Corps of New Orleans met and mingled with Filipino immigrants who have sunk roots in the Pelican State, many of whom, like the first Filipino settlers in the Barataria Bay, have intermarried with native-born Americans.

New Orleans gala toasts Fil-Am history

Plus, dozens of indie films were shot in the Pelican State. Add all those numbers up over the years and it's easy to see why Louisiana qualifies as a billion dollar location.

Holdin' on as Golden Competitor Tax rebates, fast reimbursement and Cajun culture pull projects to 'Hollywood South'

You see the Pelican state lets mentally ill people buy guns while making little if no effort to restrict weapons.

Laws that allow these guns even crazier than killers; STATE SIDE

The Pelican state lets mentally ill people buy guns while making little or no effort to restrict weapons.

What's more crazy, gun laws or killers?

The embargo culminated an ongoing conflict in which editors of the online encyclopedia persistently hunted down and deleted any discovered images of California shoreline (from Pelican State Beach in the north to Border Field State Park in the south) that Horvitz had posted to the public beaches' Wikipedia entries over the past three years.