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Harahan

American  
[har-uh-han] / ˈhær əˌhæn /

noun

  1. a town in SE Louisiana.


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A transmission-line tower on the border of Avondale and Bridge City, across the Mississippi River from Harahan, La., and just upstream from New Orleans, collapsed Sunday in the ferocious winds.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2021

He is a son of Patricia J. Grimes and Allan G. Grimes of Harahan, La. The groom’s mother retired as a hematology products specialist from Beckman Coulter, a medical laboratory instruments company.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2018

As a child growing up in Harahan, Jefferson Parish President John Young said, he often bicycled past the old motel but learned of its importance only as an adult.

From Washington Times • Jan. 19, 2015

At the Jefferson Parish Council chambers in Harahan, he told a crowd of civic leaders and business people that he was there because his years of experience in administering compensation funds taught him a lesson.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2010

It aroused all the ire in the portly form of Mr. Harahan, and with blazing eyes he turned on Sir George.

From The Pullman Boycott A Complete History of the R.R. Strike by Burns, W. F.

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