Orleans

See also: Orléans

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

French Orléans, ultimately from Latin Aurelianum, from the name of the Roman emperor Aurelian, who rebuilt the city. More at Aurelius.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔɹ.li.ənz/

Proper noun

Orleans

  1. A city in France.

Translations

Noun

Orleans (countable and uncountable, plural Orleans or Orleanses)

  1. (uncountable, textiles) A cloth made of worsted and cotton, used for making clothes.
  2. (countable) A variety of plum.

References
  • Orleans in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

Catalan

Proper noun

Orleans ?

  1. Orleans

Portuguese

Proper noun

Orleans

  1. Orleans (municipality of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil)
  2. Alternative form of Orleães
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