1. territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Louisiana Purchase
n 1: territory in the western United States purchased from
France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the
Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf
of Mexico to Canada