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La Paz, Indiana, a town in North Township, Marshall County, Indiana (called after La Paz, Bolivia) La Plata, Utah, a ghost town in northern Utah, named for the silver boom the area experienced in the 1890s. Leon, New York, town in Cattaraugus County, New York (the name is derived from the former Kingdom of León in Spain)
The Sabine River Spanish-speaking communities have no terms to identify themselves as a group. Adaeseño, in reference to Los Adaes, has been used by Armistead and Dr. Comfort Pratt for the dialect spoken on the Louisiana side of the river. Stark (1980) uses "Zwolle-Ebarb Spanish", from the names of two towns in Louisiana where it's spoken.
French spread in Louisiana. Parishes marked in yellow are those where 4–10% of the 2015 population speak French or Cajun French at home, orange 10–15%, red 15–20%. The list of Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population was created from the 2000 United States census . [ 1 ]
Delacroix (/ ˈ d ɛ l ə k r ɔɪ /, /-k r ɑː /; Spanish: La Isla [la ˈisla]; French: L'île de la Croix) is an Isleño fishing community and census-designated place (CDP) located in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. [2] [3] [4] It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 48. [5] The community is also popularly known ...
The settlement of Saint Malo was established, by some accounts, as early as 1763 by Filipinos who deserted Spanish ships during the Manila galleon trade. [12] It is also possible that the community was established later into the early 19th century. [13] The Manilamen settled in the marshlands of Louisiana where no Spanish officials could reach ...
The Real Academia Española (Spanish Royal Academy) claims that Paliacate comes from Nahuatl pal ' colour ' and yacatl ' nose '. paria — pariah, outcast; from Tamil paraiyan ' pariah ', literally ' one who plays the drum ' [b], from parai ' drum ', possibly from parāi ' to speak '.
Driving south on Highway 71 where it meets La-527, as you come into the town of Taylortown, there sits a mysterious brick tower on the left across the railroad tracks: The Famous Taylortown Tower.
Breaux Bridge – Crayfish Capital of the World [4] or Crawfish Capital of the World (In Louisiana vernacular, "Crawfish" would be the correct way to say it.) [5] [6] Des Allemands – Catfish Capital of the World [4] Dubach – Dogtrot Capital of the World [7] Gonzales – Jambalaya Capital of the World [4] [8] Gueydan – Duck Capital of ...