Shreveport

American

[shreev-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈʃrivˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

noun

a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River.

Shreveport British

/ ˈʃriːvˌpɔːt /

noun

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

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Louisiana's Department of Health confirmed on Sunday that the two men who died of hypothermia were in Caddo Parish, a region which contains the city of Shreveport.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

Amazon’s Shreveport, La., warehouse runs with 25% fewer humans, ships 25% faster and costs 40% less per package.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 12, 2025

At the company’s cutting-edge facility in Shreveport, La., robot arms sort packages into carts which are then carried to trucks by machines resembling large robot vacuums.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

The songwriter was born July 26, 1941, in Shreveport, La., and moved west to San Pedro when he was 3.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2025

He had left the New Orleans Police Department in 2005 and was living in Shreveport, Louisiana.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

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