Louisa

//luːˈiːzə// name

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  1. 1
    A female given name from the Germanic languages, a latinized form of Louise used since the eighteenth century.

    "But certainly there are some names which seem to belong to particular classes of character, to form the mind and even influence the destiny: Louisa, now; - is not your Louisa necessarily a die-away damsel, who reads novels, and holds her head on one side, languishing and given to love!"

  2. 2
    A ghost town in California.
  3. 3
    A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Kentucky, adjacent to Fort Gay, West Virginia.
  4. 4
    A town, the county seat of Louisa County, Virginia, United States.

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"Joe's masculine smell made Louisa sick."

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Louisa Countycounty seatlawrence countylouisa county

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