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Who named the Mississippi Valley “Louisiana”?
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Who named the Mississippi Valley “Louisiana”?

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King Louis XIV is the answer but Robert De LaSalle named it

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René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, better known as Robert La Salle sailed down the Mississippi River and claimed it for France in honor of King Louis XIV.
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