Baton Rouge

[bat-n roozh]

noun

1. the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part: a river port on the Mississippi.

Baton Rouge

/ ˈbætən ˈruːʒ /

noun

1. the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Virginia State University in Chesterfield, Virginia, both had everyone on campus lock into buildings after receiving threats.

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On a bright Baton Rouge morning in 1988, Swaggart bounded up the steps of his worship center and — as thousands gazed on — spoke vaguely about his “trying time,” his “burden” and his struggles with “Satan”.

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Indeed, as a doctor in Baton Rouge, he had personally played a role in getting hepatitis-B and flu vaccines into local schools.

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He is still set to host his Spring Fling event in Philadelphia on Friday and will perform at his hip-hop festival Boosie Bash in Baton Rouge, La., later this month.

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Mr Wilson was a 20-year-old college band member and mechanical engineering student at Southern University and A&M, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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