Orléans

[ awr-lee-uhnz; French awr-ley-ahn ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.

Orléans

¹

/ ɔrleɑ̃ /

noun

1. Orléans, Duc d'13941465MFrenchWRITING: poetMISC: father of Louis XII Charles (ʃarl), Duc d'Orléans. 1394–1465, French poet; noted for the poems written during his imprisonment in England; father of Louis XII
2. Orléans, Duc d'17471793MFrenchPOLITICS: noblemanPOLITICS: revolutionary Louis Philippe Joseph (lwi filip ʒozɛf), Duc d'Orléans, known as Philippe Égalité (after 1792). 1747–93, French nobleman, who supported the French Revolution and voted for the death of his cousin, Louis XVI, but was executed after his son, the future king Louis-Philippe, defected to the Austrians

Orléans

²

/ ɔrleɑ̃; ɔːˈlɪənz /

noun

1. a city in N central France, on the River Loire: famous for its deliverance by Joan of Arc from the long English siege in 1429; university (1305); an important rail and road junction. Pop: 113 126 (1999)

Example Sentences

The exact timing of when conditions ripe for life arose is based on “iffy” models, though, says Frances Westall, a geobiologist at the Center for Molecular Biophysics in Orléans, France, who was also not part of Hazen’s team.

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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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But at Orleans he received an angry message from Bonaparte forbidding him to return to Paris.

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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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They knew nothing of the Maid save from the rumour of the victories she was reported to have won at Orleans.

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

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