Shreveport

[ shreev-pawrt, -pohrt ]

noun

1. a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River.

Shreveport

/ ˈʃriːvˌpɔːt /

noun

1. a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River: centre of an oil and natural-gas region. Pop: 198 364 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

An amendment adding the abortion drugs to the Schedule IV classification was pushed by Sen. Thomas Pressly, a Republican from Shreveport and the main sponsor of the bill.

From Seattle Times

He backed a map that created a new majority Black district stretching across the state, linking parts of the Shreveport, Alexandria, Lafayette and Baton Rouge areas.

From Seattle Times

The newly drawn 6th Congressional District stretches from Baton Rouge to Shreveport and has a Black majority.

From Los Angeles Times

The Legislature responded with a map creating a new district crossing the state diagonally and linking Black populations from Shreveport in the northwest, Alexandria in the center and Lafayette and Baton Rouge in the south.

From Seattle Times

Those assembled to hear the case filed in Shreveport were U.S.

From Seattle Times