Opelousas

English

Etymology

Named after the Appalousa people.

Proper noun

Opelousas

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

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