|lu̇]əzē|anə, |lü], ]ˌēz-, -lü|ēz-, lu̇|ēz-, lə|wēz-, sometimes |lüzē|a-\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Louisiana, state in the southern U.S., from French Louisiane, former French territory extending from the Mississippi river to the Rocky mountains, from Louis XIV died 1715 king of France
: of or from the state of Louisiana
a Louisiana bayou
: of the kind or style prevalent in Louisiana : louisianian