Baton Rouge

American  

[bat-n roozh] / ˈbæt n ˈruʒ /

noun

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

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Baton Rouge British  

/ ˈbætən ˈruːʒ /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Baton Rouge is a merciless hothouse that won’t accept anything short of national titles, but presumably he knows the madness he’s walking into.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Heitman, the editor of Phi Kappa Phi’s Forum magazine, is a columnist for the Baton Rouge Advocate.

From The Wall Street Journal

They just about lost their minds when they discovered that Kiffin’s family had flown to Gainesville, Fla. and to Baton Rouge, La. earlier this month.

From The Wall Street Journal

A Palestinian born in Kuwait and raised in Jordan, Marouf first came to the U.S. on a student visa in 1993 to attend college at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

From Salon

The expectation in Baton Rouge is to field teams capable of winning titles every year, and each of Kelly’s three predecessors did just that by their fourth season at LSU.

From The Wall Street Journal