Definition of Pelican state

1. Noun. A state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.


Definition of Pelican state

1. Proper noun. Louisiana ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pelican State

Pelasgians
Pelasgic
Pele
Pele-type
Pelecanidae
Pelecanoididae
Pelecanus
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Pelecanus onocrotalus
Peleg
Peleus
Pelew
Pelham
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Pelican State
Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
Pell's equation
Pella
Pellaea
Pellaea andromedifolia
Pellaea atropurpurea
Pellaea mucronata
Pellaea ornithopus
Pellaea rotundifolia
Pellegrini's disease
Pellegrini-Stieda disease
Pellicularia
Pellicularia filamentosa
Pellicularia koleroga

Literary usage of Pelican state

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Story of Louisiana by Maurice Thompson (1888)
"THE pelican state. HE prosperity of Louisiana, after the fourteenth of September, 1874, depended upon the temper of the native white people. ..."

2. Practical Materia Medica and Prescription Writing: With Illustrations by Oscar Walter Bethea (1917)
"Suppose an expert accountant locates in a city and sends this note to Mr. Smith: John Smit, Crescent City, pelican state. dear Sir: Give this slave 5 slugs. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"(3) An island in Princess Charlotte Bay off the northeast coast of Australia, in latitude 13° 50' S. pelican state, a popular name for the State of ..."

4. The American Bar by James Clark Fifield (1918)
"... pelican state Bank, Pelican, La. MANY*, 900, Sabine Co. FRAZER, BA Sabine State Bank Born 1879; a. to bar, 1904. MARKSVILLE*. 1500, A voyelles Co. ..."

5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"... Georgia ; Creole State or pelican state, Louisiana ; Empire State, New York ; Hawkeye State, Iowa ; Hoosier State, Indiana; Jayhawkers, inhabitants of ..."

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