Calcasieu Parish

Meaning

Proper Noun

• One of 64 parishes in Louisiana (state), USA (country), the equivalent of a county in other US states. .

Origin

• The name Calcasieu comes from the Atakapan word, "quelqueshue" in a French transliteration, meaning "crying eagle." It was the name of an Atakapa chief, which French colonists applied to the local river, the Calcasieu River.