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   Baton Rouge

   /ˌbat(ə)n ˈruːʒ/

   • 1. the capital of Louisiana, in the south-eastern central part of the state, on the Mississippi River; population 223,689 (est. 2008).

   Word Origin French, literally ‘red stick’, with reference to a post placed as a boundary marker for the settlement.

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