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St. Landry Parish

St. Landry Parish proper noun: one of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Parish seat: Opelousas.

Proper noun

St. Landry Parish

  1. One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Parish seat: Opelousas.
    • The suspect is the 21-year-old son of a St. Landry Parish sheriff’s deputy and may have been influenced by “black metal” music and its “associated history with church burnings,” the state fire marshal’s office said.2019 April 12, Paul P. Murphy and Samira Said, “Louisiana arson suspect expressed disgust with Baptist churches on Facebook”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2021

Origin of St. Landry Parish

Named after Saint Landry of Paris.

Questions about St. Landry Parish

What does St. Landry Parish mean?
St. Landry Parish means one of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Parish seat: Opelousas.
What part of speech is St. Landry Parish?
St. Landry Parish is a proper noun.

Words near St. Landry Parish in the dictionary

  1. St. Joseph County
  2. St. Joseph River
  3. St. Joseph's
  4. St. Kitts & Nevis
  5. St. Kitts and Nevis
  6. St. Landry Parish
  7. St. Lawrence
  8. St. Lawrence County
  9. St. Lawrence Island
  10. St. Lawrence Island shrew
  11. St. Lawrence Island shrews

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