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Noun: Louisiana Purchase
  1. Territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada

Type of: district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory

Part of: America, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA

Encyclopedia: Louisiana Purchase