Orleans
See also: Orléans
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French Orléans, ultimately from Latin Aurelianum, from the name of the Roman emperor Aurelian, who rebuilt the city. More at Aurelius.
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Orleans
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capital city of Centre-Val de Loire, France
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Orleans (countable and uncountable, plural Orleans or Orleanses)
- (uncountable, textiles) A cloth made of worsted and cotton, used for making clothes.
- (countable) A variety of plum.
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- “Orleans”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Orleans m or f
- Orleans (a city in Centre-Val de Loire, France)
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Orleans n (proper noun, strong, genitive Orleanses)
- Orleans (a city in Centre-Val de Loire, France)
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Orleans m or f
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Orleans
- A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Alternative form of Orleães