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Louisiana vs Lafayette - What's the difference?

louisiana | lafayette |

As proper nouns the difference between louisiana and lafayette

is that louisiana is a state of the United States of America. Capital: Baton Rouge. Largest city: New Orleans while Lafayette is Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (1757 – 1834), a French aristocrat who is considered a national hero in both France and the United States for his participation in the French and American revolutions.

As a noun lafayette is

the dollarfish.

louisiana

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A state of the United States of America. Capital: Baton Rouge. Largest city: New Orleans.
  • Derived terms

    * LA * Louisianan * Louisianian

    See also

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    lafayette

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (1757 – 1834), a French aristocrat who is considered a national hero in both France and the United States for his participation in the French and American revolutions.
  • Any of a number of U.S. places named for the Marquis de La Fayette, including a large city in Louisiana.
  • (US) , originally in honor of the Marquis.
  • Derived terms

    * Lafe * Fayette English eponyms