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    the reign of France's "Sun King", Louis XIV, for whom the colony of La Louisiane was named. The name Pontchartrain itself comes from the place in France...
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    The Louisiana State Legislature (French: Législature de l'État de Louisiane; Spanish: Legislatura del Estado de Luisiana) is the state legislature of...
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    Louisiana House of Representatives (French: Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane; Spanish: Cámara de Representantes de Luisiana) is the lower house in...
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    such Pont-Aven School painters as Émile Bernard, Maurice Denis, Georges Lacombe, Maxime Maufra and Paul Sérusier. The town's best known product is Quimper...
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    the Florida Parishes was first claimed by French colonists as part of Louisiane or French Louisiana. The French settled New Orleans, Mobile (now within...
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  • versions de France et des pays de langue française d'outre-mer: Canada, Louisiane, îlots français des États-Unis, Antilles françaises, Haïti, Ile Maurice...
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    hero of the American Revolution of French Huguenot ancestry) Louisiana (Louisiane in French - named in honor of King Louis XIV of France in 1682) Abbeville...
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  • with the village where they were living when French traders from the La Louisiane colony encountered them. The word in Choctaw is believed to have meant...
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