HyperDic: louisiana_purchase

English > 1 sense of the expression Louisiana Purchase:
NOUNlocationLouisiana Purchaseterritory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million
English > Louisiana Purchase: 1 sense > noun 1, location
Meaningterritory 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.
Instance ofdistrict, territory, territorial dominion, dominionA region marked off for administrative or other purposes
Part ofUnited 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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