La·fa·yette 
(lăf′ē-ĕt, lä′fē-, -fä-)
(lăf′ē-ĕt, lä′fē-, -fä-)1. A city of west-central Indiana on the Wabash River northwest of Indianapolis. Purdue University was established near here in 1869.
2. A city of south-central Louisiana west-southwest of Baton Rouge. Settled by Acadians in the 1700s, it is a center of Cajun culture and has a large petrochemicals industry.