American English pronunciation
How to pronounce orleans
IPA transcription: ['ɔɹ,linz]
Pronunciation variants: ['ɔɹ,linz][,ɔɹ'linz]['ɚ,linz][,ɚ'linz]
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Noun
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a city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429)
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a long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429
Usage examples
- Actual New Orleans accents were seldom heard nationally.
- New Orleans is recovering from a hurricane.
- A Grammy Award winner, he is from New Orleans, Louisiana.
- He left New Orleans and stayed at his brother's house in Dallas.
- He died in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- He attended the Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Hunley served in the Louisiana State Legislature and practiced law in New Orleans.
- Morphy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to a wealthy and distinguished family.
- The song gained popularity and became a New Orleans carnival anthem.
- There are two branches of the New Orleans Public Library located in Algiers.