La Crosse

American  

[luh kraws, kros] / lə ˈkrɔs, ˈkrɒs /

noun

1. a city in W Wisconsin, on the Mississippi River.

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Example Sentences

Other municipalities, too, have filed lawsuits alleging collusion among fire-engine makers, including the city of La Crosse, Wis., and Augusta, Maine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

“This is a moment where we must stand up for foundational, fundamental values and principles,” she told roughly 100 people at a community center in La Crosse, in the western part of the state.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2024

She spent 20 years on the La Crosse County Board before stepping down in 2020.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023

La Crosse encephalitis virus, which is principally carried by Aedes triseriatus mosquitoes, has caused, on average, fewer than 100 cases of human disease in the U.S. each year since 2003.

From Scientific American • Jul. 31, 2023

He graduated from Western Reserve College in 1854, commenced the practice of law at La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1856, practiced at High Forest, Minnesota, until 1870, when he discontinued practice.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman