Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
plaquemines
parish at the mouth of the Mississippi in Louisiana, U.S., from Louisiana French, literally "persimmon" (18c.), probably from Miami/Illinois (Algonquian) piakimina.
Gazetteer
Plaquemines -- U.S. Parish in Louisiana
Population (2000): 26757
Housing Units (2000): 10481
Land area (2000): 844.559519 sq. miles (2187.399020 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1583.977745 sq. miles (4102.483351 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2428.537264 sq. miles (6289.882371 sq. km)
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 29.572751 N, 89.781399 W
Headwords:
Housing Units (2000): 10481
Land area (2000): 844.559519 sq. miles (2187.399020 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1583.977745 sq. miles (4102.483351 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2428.537264 sq. miles (6289.882371 sq. km)
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 29.572751 N, 89.781399 W
Headwords:
Plaquemines
Plaquemines, LA
Plaquemines Parish
Plaquemines Parish, LA
Plaquemines, LA
Plaquemines Parish
Plaquemines Parish, LA
Usage examples of "plaquemines".
The pilot glanced out his side window and down at the marshlands of Plaquemines Parish.
Frank (his birth certificate read Fra^ois) Montaigne was born a Cajun in Plaquemines Parish below New Orleans and spent his boyhood in the French Acadian world of southern Louisiana.