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Definition of Baton Rouge from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Baton Rouge

 
/ˌbætn ˈruːʒ/
 
/ˌbætn ˈruːʒ/
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  1. the capital of the US state of Louisiana. In French it literally means ‘red stick’, which is a reference to a post placed as a boundary marker for the settlement.
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