New Orleans

[ awr-lee-uhnz, awr-leenz, awr-luhnz ]

noun

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

New Orleans

/ -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)

New Orleans

1. Port city in southeastern Louisiana .

Notes

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 Words From

• New Or·leani·an [awr-, lee, -nee-, uh, n, -, leen, -y, uh, n], noun

Example Sentences

NEW ORLEANS — John Boehner was reelected House Speaker yesterday by his Republican colleagues despite some dissenting members.

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Knight and Farrell were both fired from the New Orleans Police Department before they gravitated to Duke.

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The brother of a girl who made her debut in New Orleans society was shaking his fists in excitement.

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Scalise has called the talk, which he delivered in a hotel outside New Orleans, “a mistake I regret.”

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For their trip to New Orleans against Alabama, Ohio State is bringing in a cool $17 million.

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A crevasse was made in the levee above New Orleans flooding much of the city.

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We told him that we had caught him trespassing on our boat and intended to take him down to New Orleans and sell him.

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And in this instance I authorized our New Orleans office to make the search.

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Did you personally instruct the New Orleans office to conduct the search of their records or cause such instructions to be given?

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On the train was the gentleman who in New Orleans had told us we should have all the butter we wanted from Texas.

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