Louisiana is a state in the United States. Louisiana may also refer to: Historical places Louisiana (New France), a historical North American region claimed by France, 1682–1763 and 1803 Louisiana (New Spain), a historical North American region claimed by Spain, 1764–1803 Louisiana Purchase, a vast area in North America bought by the United States in 1803 District of Louisiana, a temporary U.S. governmental district, 1804–1805 Louisiana Territory, a historic, organized territory of the United States, 1805–1812 French Louisiana, two distinct places of North America. Other places La Luisiana, a municipality in Spain Louisiana, Kansas, a ghost town Louisiana, Missouri, a city Luisiana, Laguna, a municipality in the Philippines Louisiana road (Croatia), an old road in Croatia Luiziana, a city in Paraná, Brazil Entertainment "Louisiana 1927", a song by Randy Newman Louisiana a song by Underworld Louisiana (1919 film), a lost 1919 American silent comedy film Louisiana (1947 film), a movie starring Jimmie Davis, then governor of that state Louisiana (1984 film), a TV movie by Philippe de Broca, also known as Lousiane Louisiana, an 1880 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett Ships USS Louisiana, five U.S. Navy ships have borne this name CSS Louisiana, an 1862 ironclad ship of the Confederate States Navy Louisiana (shipwreck), steamboat that sank during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 Other Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, the athletic program of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, near Copenhagen, Denmark See also University of Louisiana (disambiguation)