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Opelousas

Opelousas proper noun: a city, the parish seat of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Proper noun

Opelousas

  1. A city, the parish seat of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States.
    • He was a wiry youth from Opelousas.2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 55

Origin of Opelousas

Named after the Appalousa people.

Questions about Opelousas

What does Opelousas mean?
Opelousas means a city, the parish seat of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States.
What part of speech is Opelousas?
Opelousas is a proper noun.

Words near Opelousas in the dictionary

  1. opelets
  2. Opelika
  3. Opelka
  4. Opelkas
  5. Opelousa
  6. Opelousas
  7. open
  8. open a can of whoop ass
  9. open a can of whoop-ass
  10. open a can of whup ass
  11. open access

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