Orly

American

[awr-lee, awr-lee] / ˈɔr li, ɔrˈli /

noun

a suburb SE of Paris, France: international airport.

Orly British

/ ˈɔːliː, ɔrli /

noun

a suburb of SE Paris, France, with an international airport

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

In Paris, more than 100 flights were cancelled at Charles de Gaulle airport and 40 more at Orly.

From BBC

More than 100 flights were cancelled on Wednesday at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and 40 more at the French capital's other main hub, Orly.

From Barron's

The capital's Orly airport planned to cancel a quarter of its flights during the same time period.

From BBC

At France's major Paris airports of Charles de Gaulle and Orly, heavy snowfall forced airlines to reduce their flights by 15 percent.

From Barron's

Graham is working on the project with psychology lecturer Orly Klein.

From BBC

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023