Pelican State

noun

1. Louisiana (used as a nickname).

Example Sentences

After his visit to Baton Rouge — and later, New Orleans — Barnes reflected on The Pelican State, a place that he said "felt like a vacation" every day.

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The number of hospitalizations among the Pelican State’s 4.6 million residents concerns authorities, as it does in New York and other hard-hit states.

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COVID-19 has moved quickly across Louisiana, killing hundreds and infecting thousands of all ages and walks of life in the Pelican State.

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By comparison, California, which has almost 10 times the population of the Pelican State, has attributed 200 deaths to the coronavirus.

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But by Sunday afternoon cases were confirmed in 59 of the Pelican State’s 64 parishes, the LDH said.

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