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Baton Rouge (bat′'n ro̵̅o̅z̸h′)

capital of La., on the Mississippi: pop. 228,000

Etymology: Fr transl. of Choctaw ítu-úma, red pole, a boundary mark, prob. between the hunting grounds of two tribes

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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