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Shreveport

American  
[shreev-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈʃrivˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

noun

  1. a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River.


Shreveport British  
/ ˈʃriːvˌpɔːt /

noun

  1. a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River: centre of an oil and natural-gas region. Pop: 198 364 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The project is at two different sites: Heirloom in Shreveport and Climeworks in Calcasieu Parish near Vinton.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

Louisiana's Department of Health confirmed on Sunday that the two men who died of hypothermia were in Caddo Parish, a region which contains the city of Shreveport.

From BBC Jan. 25, 2026

Southern Methodist University worked because my grandmother, Mary Lou, lived in nearby Shreveport, La., and my Aunt Patti lived in Dallas, close to SMU’s campus.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 20, 2026

Following the global success of Netflix’s “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” its executive producer, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, plans to invest $124 million in a new production campus in Shreveport, La.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 13, 2026

The Shreveport Gospel Mission Church was having an Easter supper for anyone who would come and listen to the preacher’s sermon.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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