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Lower Ninth Ward

Lower Ninth Ward proper noun: a neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Proper noun

Lower Ninth Ward

  1. A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
    • The renewed search for bodies has been spurred by fears that workers inadvertently may remove remains of storm victims when they clear debris from wrecked homes in flood-damaged neighborhoods such as the Lower 9th Ward, Lakeview and New Orleans East.2006 March 6, Sean Callebs, “Katrina victim's body found in attic”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2023

Forms of Lower Ninth Ward

alternative formLower 9th Ward

Questions about Lower Ninth Ward

What does Lower Ninth Ward mean?
Lower Ninth Ward means a neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
What part of speech is Lower Ninth Ward?
Lower Ninth Ward is a proper noun.

Words near Lower Ninth Ward in the dictionary

  1. lower mordents
  2. Lower Mount Bethel
  3. lower mouth
  4. lower mouths
  5. Lower Navarre
  6. Lower Ninth Ward
  7. Lower Normandy
  8. Lower Norton
  9. Lower Nubia
  10. lower one's guard
  11. lower one's sights

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