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Louisiana's State Flag

       State            Nickname

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  The Pelican           state

  State Motto

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       Union,             Justice,   Confidence

  Population

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  4.7 million

State Flower the Magnolia

State Name

"Origin of Louisiana State Name. Louisiana is another state, along with Illinois, that bears the mark of Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle. The first European to descend the Mississippi River to the delta, this French explorer named the area La Louisianneafter Louis XIV of France in 1682."www.ereferencedesk.com/resources/state-name/louisiana.html

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