English

Etymology

Wikipedia has an article on: Baton Rouge

From the French red stick. Baton Rouge Louisiana in the United States is so named because there was a red painted pole placed by the native Americans.

Proper noun

Baton Rouge

  1. A city that is the capital of the state of Louisiana in the United States.

 

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