New Orleans

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

/ ˈɔr li ənz, ɔrˈlinz, ˈɔr lənz /

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noun

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

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OTHER WORDS FROM New Orleans

New Or·lea·ni·an

[awr-lee-nee-uhn, -leen-yuhn], /ɔrˈli ni ən, -ˈlin yən/, noun

Words nearby New Orleans

New National Party, New Netherland, new normal, new one, new order, New Orleans, New Orleans jazz, New Orleans lugger, New Orleans style, new penny, new person

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How to use New Orleans in a sentence

Reality came in the form of three games in four days at San Antonio, Houston and New Orleans.
The Wizards’ implausible trip from covid purgatory to playoff contention|Barry Svrluga|February 26, 2021|Washington Post
Many younger adults in Louisiana have these conditions, said Sophia Thomas, a nurse practitioner in New Orleans.
Vaccine lotteries and personal appeals: The medically vulnerable find their priority status slipping away|Lena H. Sun, Isaac Stanley-Becker|February 26, 2021|Washington Post
For his Tiny-esque efforts against New Orleans, he was named Western Conference Player of the Week for the first time in his young career.
De’Aaron Fox Isn’t An All-Star, But He’s Taken The Leap|James L. Jackson|February 25, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Ferguson, the New Orleans police superintendent, told PERF that carjackings rose 154 percent in his city from 2019 to 2020, prompting his department to launch a violent-crime abatement team last fall.
Teens drive brutal spike in carjackings with covid limiting school and supervision|Dan Morse, Tom Jackman|February 25, 2021|Washington Post

Among the Jazz’s top 10 players by WAR, only one — Derrick Favors, who played for New Orleans a year ago — was not on Utah’s 2019-20 roster.
The Utah Jazz Ran It Back — And Got Way Better|Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com)|February 24, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
But the enemy of the new emirs is neither the Jew nor the Christian, it is the godless militant defending secularism.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The influential al Qaeda propagandist, who was born in New Mexico, died in a U.S. drone strike later that year.
France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Back in New York, the slow pace and inward focus of her yoga practice was less fulfilling.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Allegations of transphobia are not new in the world of gay online dating.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
With all that said, representation of each of these respective communities has increased in the new Congress.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Descending the Alps to the east or south into Piedmont, a new world lies around and before you.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Here began indeed, in the drab surroundings of the workshop, in the silent mystery of the laboratory, the magic of the new age.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Joe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
There seems something in that also which I could spare only very reluctantly from a new Bible in the world.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
We should have to admit that the new law does little or nothing to relieve such a situation.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips

British Dictionary definitions for New Orleans

New Orleans

/ (ˈɔːliːənz, -lənz, ɔːˈliːnz) /

noun

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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Cultural definitions for New Orleans

New Orleans

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

Port city in southeastern Louisiana.

notes for New Orleans

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

notes for New Orleans

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

notes for New Orleans

Mardi Gras is celebrated there each year.

notes for 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.