noun
capital of Louisiana (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑capital of Louisiana
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑state capital
• Part Holonyms: ↑Louisiana, ↑Pelican State, ↑LA
• Part Meronyms: ↑Baton Rouge Bridge
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Baton Rouge [Baton Rouge] [ˌbætn ˈruːʒ] [ˌbætn ˈruːʒ]
the capital of the US state of Louisiana. In French it literally means 'red stick', which is a reference to a post placed as a boundary marker for the settlement.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.