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La Salle
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Sieur de 1643–1687 René-Robert Cavelier French explorer in America
LaSalle
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La·Salle
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Definition of LaSalle (Entry 2 of 2)
town in southern Quebec, Canada, on the Saint Lawrence River population 28,643
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