Louisiana

Louisiana is a state of the United States. Formerly a French colony, it was sold to the United States by Napoleon. But there are still remnants of its former status as a possession of France, including: the use of a civil law legal system (like France, and unlike the rest of the United States, which uses a common law legal system derived from England), ...

see also Louisiana Purchase.

Cities: New Orleans

Louisiana is where the Mississippi River enters the [Gulf of Mexico]?.

What about the creoles or whatever they are called?

Ethnically, the cajuns are from Acadia?, an area in the [New Foundland]? province of Canada.

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