Louisiana Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Etymology== Louisiana was named after [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]], King of France from 1643 to 1715. When [[René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle]] claimed the territory drained by the [[Mississippi River]] for France, he named it {{lang|fr|La Louisiane}}.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas]]|title=Louisiana Purchase|first=Lea Flowers|last=Baker|access-date=September 18, 2010|url=http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2383|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122041849/http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2383|archive-date=November 22, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The suffix –ana (or –ane) is a Latin suffix that can refer to "information relating to a particular individual, subject, or place." Thus, roughly, Louis + ana carries the idea of "related to Louis." Once part of the [[French colonial empire]], the [[Louisiana Territory]] stretched from present-day Mobile Bay to just north of the present-day [[Canada–United States border]], including a small part of what are now the Canadian [[Provinces and territories of Canada|provinces]] of [[Alberta]] and [[Saskatchewan]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page