English > Louisiana Purchase: 1 sense > noun 1, locationMeaning | territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada. |
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Instance of | district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion | A region marked off for administrative or other purposes |
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Part of | United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
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