Shreveport

[ shreev-pawrt, -pohrt ]

/ ˈʃrivˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

noun

a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River.

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Examples from the Web for shreveport

The traveling show arrived in Shreveport at 7:30 in the morning after an all-night drive.
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In January, the Shreveport Times reported that McAllister said that his job "sucks [and] it ain't no fun."
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In Shreveport, La., a veteran overdoses on morphine while housed in a locked VA psychiatric unit.
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They met when they were living in Shreveport, La., in the mid-1990s, and by 1997 they were living together.
Gay, Southern, and Loving It|Constantino Diaz-Duran|March 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The goings-on of the Shreveport werewolf pack and Alcide (Joe Manganiello)?
‘True Blood’ Season 5: Has HBO’s Vampire Drama Lost Its Bite?|Jace Lacob|June 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Then it was that a great wail of mortal distress rose from Shreveport—a call for help from one end of the land to another.
Angel Agnes|Wesley Bradshaw
To Agnes Arnold going into Shreveport, the emotions must have been very much like yours in front of that battery.
Angel Agnes|Wesley Bradshaw
While we were in Shreveport my regiment was exchanged, and marched through on its way home.
The Bright Side of Prison Life|Samuel A. Swiggett
The march to Shreveport occupied about a week, and attempts to escape were numerous.
The Bright Side of Prison Life|Samuel A. Swiggett
And therefore, after a short consideration, she gave the required consent to her daughter Agnes, to go to Shreveport as a nurse.
Angel Agnes|Wesley Bradshaw

British Dictionary definitions for shreveport

Shreveport

/ (ˈʃriːvˌpɔːt) /

noun

a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River: centre of an oil and natural-gas region. Pop: 198 364 (2003 est)

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