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New Or·le·ans (ôr′lē ənz, -lənz; ôr lēnz′)

city & port in SE La., on the Mississippi: pop. 485,000

Etymology: < Fr Nouvelle Orléans, in honor of Philippe II, Duc d'Orléans (1674-1723), and of Orléans, France

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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