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Definition the Louisiana Purchase in American English

the Louisiana Purchase

/luˌiziænə ˈpɜrtʃəs/
1

a large area of land in western North America that the U.S. bought from France in 1803 and that made the U.S. more than twice the size it had been previously

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Definition the Louisiana Purchase in American English