New Orleans

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Calque of French La Nouvelle-Orléans.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈn(j)uː ɔɹˈliːnz/, /n(j)uː ˈɔɹliːnz/, (especially in the local dialect) /nuː ˈɔɹlənz/
  • IPA(key): /ˌnuː ˈɔɹ.li.ənz/, /ˌnuː ˈɔɹ.lɛ.ənz/[1]
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (in the local dialect, with synaeresis) IPA(key): /ˈnɔɹlənz/, IPA(key): /ˈnɔːlənz/

Proper noun

New Orleans

  1. The largest city in Louisiana, United States and the parish seat of Orleans Parish, which is coterminous with the city.
    Synonyms: Big Easy, Crescent City
    • 2013 March 12, Vivian Kuo, “No answers in disappearance of New Orleans teacher”, in CNN‎[1], archived from the original on 1 July 2018:
      As hundreds of volunteers and police scoured parks and waterways in an area of New Orleans Tuesday, there were many questions but few answers about the disappearance 11 days ago of a 26-year-old teacher.

Descendants

  • → Greek: Νιου Ορλίνς (Niou Orlíns)
  • → Vietnamese: Ngọc Lân

Translations

References

  1. ^ This tetrasyllabic pronunciation is found in e.g. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Cyclopedia of Names.

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Proper noun

New Orleans

  1. New Orleans (the largest city in Louisiana, United States)
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