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Shreveport
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Shreve·port  (shrvpôrt, -prt)
A city of northwest Louisiana on the Red River near the Texas border. Founded in the 1830s, it grew rapidly after the discovery of oil in the region (1906). Population: 200,000.

Shreveport [ˈʃriːvˌpɔːt]
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(Placename) a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River: centre of an oil and natural-gas region. Pop.: 200 145 (2000)
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Noun1.Shreveport - a city in northwest Louisiana on the Red River near the Texas border
Louisiana, Pelican State, LA - a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War


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