Lafitte

  

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Lafitte

Definitions: Lafitte

Lafitte

Noun

1. French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Lafitte" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references)

Synonyms: Lafitte

Synonyms: Jean Laffite (n), Jean Lafitte (n), Laffite (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Lafitte, Louisiana

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Lafitte is a town located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,576.

Geography


Lafitte is located at 29°40'39" North, 90°6'19" West (29.677566, -90.105386)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 20.1 km² (7.8 mi²). 14.8 km² (5.7 mi²) of it is land and 5.4 km² (2.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 26.64% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 1,576 people, 556 households, and 439 families residing in the town. The population density is 106.8/km² (276.5/mi²). There are 623 housing units at an average density of 42.2/km² (109.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 94.54% White, 1.14% African American, 2.28% Native American, 0.51% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.06% from other races, and 1.46% from two or more races. 1.78% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 556 households out of which 33.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.5% are married couples living together, 7.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 21.0% are non-families. 16.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.83 and the average family size is 3.17. In the town the population is spread out with 24.2% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 27.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 105.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 106.6 males. The median income for a household in the town is $33,872, and the median income for a family is $43,816. Males have a median income of $32,782 versus $25,729 for females. The per capita income for the town is $14,839. 15.9% of the population and 14.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 14.8% are under the age of 18 and 18.5% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lafitte, Louisiana."

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Crosswords: Lafitte

English words defined with "Lafitte": Jean Lafitte. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Lafitte": 70067 ♦ Chateaux en Espagne ♦ Hair, Hairs. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Lafitte

DomainTitle

Books

  • Lafitte, the pirate of the Gulf (reference)

  • Maîtres modernes : du 28 octobre au 30 novembre 1988, Galerie Claude Lafitte (reference)

  • Pirate Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans (reference)

  • Renoir à Riopelle : 24 octobre au 18 novembre 1989 = Renoir to Riopelle : October 24 to November 1989 : Galerie Claude Lafitte (reference)

  • The Lafitte Case: A Historical Mystery (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Lafitte

Illustrations:
Lafitte

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Cities: Lafitte


1. Lafitte, LA (CDP, FIPS 40840)
Location: 29.68864 N, 90.09714 W
Population (1990): 1507 (612 housing units)
Area: 14.5 sq km (land), 5.4 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 70067
Country: USA

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Expression: Lafitte

Expression using "Lafitte": Jean Lafitte. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Lafitte

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

jean lafitte

47

lafitte la

43

lafitte

19

lafitte guest house

12

lafitte skiff

12

lafitte louisiana

11

la posada del capitan lafitte

10

capitan lafitte

7

lafitte maison

6

lafitte skiffs

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Lafitte

Language Translations for "lafitte"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

afittelay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Lafitte

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-l-t-t"

-1 letter: fetial.

-2 letters: atilt, fetal, filet, flite, latte, telia, title.

-3 letters: alef, alif, alit, fail, fate, feal, feat, felt, feta, fiat, fila, file, flat, flea, flit, ilea, late, lati, leaf, left, lief, life, lift, lite, tael, tail, tale, tali, tate, teal, teat, tela, tile, tilt.

-4 letters: aft, ail, ait, ale, alt, ate, att, eat, eft, elf, eta, fat, fet, fie, fil, fit, lat, lea, lei, let, lie, lit, tae, tat, tea, tel, tet, tie, til, tit.

-5 letters: ae, ai, al, at, ef, el, et, fa, if, it, la, li, ta, ti.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-f-i-l-t-t"
 

+1 letter: antileft, filtrate, fittable, liftgate.

 

+2 letters: faultiest, featliest, filtrated, filtrates, floatiest, liftgates.

 

+3 letters: facilitate, fatalities, felicitate, flattening, flatteries, flattering, flauntiest, infiltrate, rijsttafel, trifoliate.

 

+4 letters: battlefield, distasteful, facilitated, facilitates, factitively, facultative, felicitated, felicitates, felicitator, festinately, infiltrated, infiltrates, leafletting, rijsttafels, thiosulfate.

 

+5 letters: battlefields, beautifulest, effectuality, facilitative, factualities, featherlight, felicitating, felicitation, felicitators, flatteringly, fluidextract, frontalities, infiltrative, interfaculty, multifaceted, thiosulfates, trifoliolate, ultraleftism, ultraleftist, unflattering.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Lafitte


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 61 66 69 74 74 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-..    .-    ..-.    ..    -    -    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01100001 01100110 01101001 01110100 01110100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#97 &#102 &#105 &#116 &#116 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0061 0066 0069 0074 0074 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

46677275868671

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial 		5. Images: Slideshow
6. Cities
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet 		9. Translations: Modern
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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