New Orleans

American  

[awr-lee-uhnz, awr-leenz, awr-luhnz] / ˈɔr li ənz, ɔrˈlinz, ˈɔr lənz /

noun

1. a seaport in SE Louisiana, on the Mississippi: British defeated (1815) by Americans under Andrew Jackson.

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New Orleans British  

/ -lənz, ˈɔːliːənz, ɔːˈliːnz /

noun

1. a port in SE Louisiana, on the Mississippi River, about 172 km (107 miles) from the sea: the largest city in the state and the second most important port in the US; founded by the French in 1718; belonged to Spain (1763–1803). It is largely below sea level, built around the Vieux Carré (French quarter); famous for its annual Mardi Gras festival and for its part in the history of jazz; a major commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. Pop: 469 032 (2003 est)

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New Orleans Cultural  

1. Port city in southeastern Louisiana.

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Jazz originated in the late nineteenth century among black musicians of New Orleans.

In the Battle of New Orleans (1815), Andrew Jackson, not having yet received word that the Treaty of Ghent had ended the War of 1812, repulsed the British assault on the city.

Dominated by Creole culture, which stemmed from the French settlers of the southern United States.

Mardi Gras is celebrated there each year.

Other Word Forms

• New Orleanian
  noun

Example Sentences

In 1835, Joseph Holt Ingraham wrote: “Truly does New-Orleans represent every other city and nation upon earth. I know of none where is congregated so great a variety of the human species.”

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

We turned down Canal-street—the broadest in New-Orleans, and destined to be the most magnificent.

From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 by Ingraham, Joseph Holt

Herein he was successful; but, except himself, there was not another printer in New-Orleans, journeyman or "devil."

From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 by Ingraham, Joseph Holt

The country is valuable from its inexhaustible supplies of timber and wood for the New-Orleans market.

From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 by Ingraham, Joseph Holt

These ply regularly between New-Orleans and Mobile, and by lading and discharging at this point, have given to this retired part of the city quite a business-like and sea-port air.

From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 by Ingraham, Joseph Holt