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Natchitoches

American  
[nak-i-tosh] / ˈnæk ɪˌtɒʃ /

noun

  1. a city in NW Louisiana.


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National Park Service outlined a possible runaway route stretching on the Camino Real de la Tejas between Natchitoches, La., to Monclova, Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Northwestern State President Marcus Jones was instrumental in Enmanuel signing with the school in Natchitoches, Louisiana, because he’s fluent in Spanish and helped assuage the concerns his Spanish-speaking parents had about his transition to college.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2022

The Natchitoches Police Department is awaiting confirmation from a coroner on Officer Olliff’s cause of the death, but is confident that heat played a role, Mr. Greely said.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2022

Mr. Waldrep, 67, died Feb. 27 at a hospital in Natchitoches, La. He entered the hospital with pneumonia and developed pulmonary failure, said his wife, Lynn Burgland Waldrep.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2022

Natchitoches, founded by St. Denis, 278; judicial department of Louisiana, 279; rule of De Mézières at, 401.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

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