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A newspaper story, an invoice typo and a House resolution: How Acadiana’s name came to be

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Today, “Acadiana” is a place where someone comes from. It's a place that ties directly to someone’s ancestral roots. For more than half a century, Acadiana has been a name of a particular region in Louisiana.