LaSalle

Definition: LaSalle

LaSalle

Noun

1. French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France (1643-1687).

Date "LaSalle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references)

Synonyms: LaSalle

Synonyms: Rene-Robert Cavelier (n), Sieur de LaSalle (n). (additional references)

Synonyms by domain: LaSalle Bank (finance), Lasalle Partners Inc. (building & civil engineering).

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Specialty Definition: Lasalle, Ontario

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Lasalle, a small town in southwestern Ontario, is situated in Essex County. It is on the border of the Detroit River and is south of the City of Windsor. The population of Lasalle was 25,285 in 2001. Lasalle is the oldest French settlement in southwestern Ontario.

One of Lasalle's biggest events is the annual Strawberry Festival, which takes place on the first weekend in June.

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

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Crosswords: LaSalle

English words defined with "LaSalle": Sieur de LaSalle. (references)

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Modern Usage: LaSalle

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You should have let me keep my old LaSalle. It never would've behaved this way and you know it. (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: LaSalle

Domain	Title
References	LaSalle Hotel Properties: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Jones Lang Lasalle Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	LaSalle Bank Guide 2001-2002: A Scholl Corporate Guide : Major Publicly Held Corporations and Financial Institutions Headquartered in Illinois) (reference) Wanderer's Storm-Song: The Travels of Etienne Dufour in the Service of the Sieur De Lasalle, 1678-1682 (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Messager Lasalle (reference) Lasalle Silhouette (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: LaSalle

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Photo Album: LaSalle

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	LaSalle St. Tunnel - looking south from north end of Twin Bore.Credit: Library of Congress.		Randolph St., east from LaSalle St., Chicago.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Str. City of Detroit III, LaSalle window, Gothic room.Credit: Library of Congress.		Detail of an abandoned farmhouse. Miller Township, LaSalle County, Illinois.Credit: Library of Congress.
	An abandoned farmhouse in LaSalle County, Illinois. The trend toward planting larger units has caused the abandonment of many former farmhouses.Credit: Library of Congress.		Home of Sam Anderson, owner-operator of seventy-two and a half acres of very poor land. LaSalle County, Illinois.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Richmond, California. Permanente Metals Corporation, shipbuilding division, yard number two. Robert LaSalle has worked in the shipyards more than a year, and was previously a hairdresser and barber. He was born in Italy.Credit: Library of Congress.		Banquet by Illinois State Bar Association to Justices of Supreme Court of Illinois, Hotel LaSalle, Chicago, Oct. 30, 1909.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: LaSalle

"LaSalle" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "LaSalle" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	3	202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: LaSalle

The following table summarizes the usage of "LaSalle" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Lasalle	Last name	2,000	7,084
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: LaSalle

Country	Name
USA	Jones Lang Lasalle Incorporated
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: LaSalle

Expression using "LaSalle": sieur de LaSalle. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "LaSalle": Duclos-lasalle.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: LaSalle

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day
lasalle bank	1,134
lasalle	360
lasalle university	318
jones lang lasalle	235
lasalle college	98
lasalle high school	53
lasalle academy	32
lasalle speedway	30
lasalle news tribune	29
bank chicago lasalle	28
denise lasalle	27
lasalle uss	25
lasalle ontario	23
lasalle ville	21
lasalle bank chicago marathon	20
lasalle open	16
lasalle county illinois	15
lasalle network	15
lasalle home mortgage	14
eriq lasalle	14
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: LaSalle

Misspellings
	"LaSalle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Blasdale, Clayallee, Lassale, Lazalle, Lazell, Lisselle, Loiselle, Olawale, Wassalke. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: LaSalle

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-l-l-l-s"
	-2 letters: lalls, salal.
	-3 letters: aals, alae, alas, ales, alls, asea, ells, lall, lase, leal, leas, sale, sall, seal, sell.
	-4 letters: aal, aas, ala, ale, all, als, ell, els, las, lea, sae, sal, sea, sel.
	-5 letters: aa, ae, al, as, el, es, la.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-l-l-l-s"
	+1 letter: allheals, lamellas.
	+2 letters: alleluias, parallels, spallable.
	+3 letters: salmonella, saltarelli, saltarello, saltcellar, sleazeball.
	+4 letters: ballplayers, collaterals, elastically, fallaleries, flagellants, flagellates, hallelujahs, lavallieres, paddleballs, parallelism, salmonellae, salmonellas, saltarellos, saltcellars, selaginella, sleazeballs, subparallel, swallowable.
	+5 letters: decasyllable, gallbladders, nonparallels, parallelisms, selaginellas, tagliatelles.
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