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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southeast Louisiana southwest of New Orleans on the Intracoastal Waterway. Located at the convergence of six bayous, it is a processing center for seafood and sugar.

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Examples

  • So let's remember Terrebone and Lafourche parishes and the Houma Nation, and let us show them the same generosity and attention they showed us after Katrina (many New Orleanians, including myself, lived in Houma for a while during the Katrina aftermath).

    Archive 2008-09-01 2008

  • Dr. Plauche 'was born in Houma, Louisiana in 1933, and was educated in medicine at LSU.

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • So this video (especially the shower scene) goes out to the Daiquiri grotto on W. Park Ave in Houma:

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • The benefits of medication are partly what led the 56-year-old Pantoliano to stop in Houma recently, accompanied by Ken Johnson, senior vice president of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, known as PhRMA.

    Archive 2008-08-01 2008

  • The benefits of medication are partly what led the 56-year-old Pantoliano to stop in Houma recently, accompanied by Ken Johnson, senior vice president of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, known as PhRMA.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • So let's remember Terrebone and Lafourche parishes and the Houma Nation, and let us show them the same generosity and attention they showed us after Katrina (many New Orleanians, including myself, lived in Houma for a while during the Katrina aftermath).

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • So this video (especially the shower scene) goes out to the Daiquiri grotto on W. Park Ave in Houma:

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • One night at a daiquiri place in Houma, Lovely and I waited an hour to hear "Body Language" come on the jukebox.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • Hope you and your family, as well as your in-laws (I recall you mentioning they're in Houma?) will be safe.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • One night at a daiquiri place in Houma, Lovely and I waited an hour to hear "Body Language" come on the jukebox.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

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