Louise
1 Americannoun
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Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5,670 feet (1,728 meters) above sea level.
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Also Louisa a female given name: derived from Louis.
noun
Example Sentences
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For weeks, Louise said there was lots of "clinging to hope" about missing people being found but it was understood that anyone on or above the 77th floor of the South Tower had died.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
"There's a lot of things that people are aware of now," the "Thelma & Louise" star told a news conference.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Carys Louise Brandon, from Swansea, had an emergency C-section to deliver her first child in 2022 and said she was completely unprepared for what came afterwards.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
In a recent paper, economists Doug Elmendorf, Karen Dynan and Louise Sheiner examined scenarios in which AI sustainably boosted annual productivity growth by a half to a full percentage point, with differing impacts on employment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
And Louise was Upstairs, collecting ribbons and rumors.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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