Orleans
Louisiana parish namesake
Orleans appears in place names across the Americas, most famously New Orleans, the Louisiana city known for jazz, Mardi Gras, and Creole culture.
The name derives from Orléans, a city in north-central France.
Orleans Parish is Louisiana's urban county containing New Orleans.
The spelling without the accent is standard in American English.
Encirclement forcing surrender
- Hundred Years WarProlonged medieval Anglo-French hostilities
- DauphinGeographic proper name
- liberationRelease from constraint
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
Charles VII · Plantagenet · Valois · Armagnac · Burgundian · English · fortress · Loire
Pre-Ash Wednesday celebration
- French QuarterHistoric New Orleans neighborhood
- Bourbon StreetFamous New Orleans thoroughfare
- kreweCarnival parade society
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
gumbo · beignet · second line · voodoo · bayou · streetcar · Cajun · Creole
French wine region with castles
- châteauFrench country mansion
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- Île-de-FranceFrench capital region
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
vineyard · Burgundy · Paris · historic · ramparts · bridge · river · prefecture
Early New Orleans jazz
- Louis ArmstrongPioneering jazz trumpeter, singer
- brass bandHorn and percussion ensemble
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- trumpetValved brass wind instrument
trombone · clarinet · syncopation · ragtime · blues · swing · funeral march · Jelly Roll Morton
siege
Encirclement forcing surrender
- Hundred Years WarProlonged medieval Anglo-French hostilities
- DauphinGeographic proper name
- liberationRelease from constraint
Charles VII · medieval · Plantagenet · Valois · Armagnac · Burgundian · English · fortress · Loire · cathedral
Mardi Gras
Pre-Ash Wednesday celebration
- French QuarterHistoric New Orleans neighborhood
- Bourbon StreetFamous New Orleans thoroughfare
- kreweCarnival parade society
jazz · gumbo · beignet · second line · voodoo · bayou · streetcar · Cajun · Creole · zydeco
Loire Valley
French wine region with castles
- châteauFrench country mansion
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- Île-de-FranceFrench capital region
Renaissance · vineyard · Burgundy · Paris · historic · ramparts · bridge · river · prefecture
Dixieland
Early New Orleans jazz
- Louis ArmstrongPioneering jazz trumpeter, singer
- brass bandHorn and percussion ensemble
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
trumpet · trombone · clarinet · syncopation · ragtime · blues · swing · funeral march · Jelly Roll Morton · ensemble
- Parish NamesSt. Joseph, St. Mary, St. Patrick, St. John, St. Peter
- Cape Cod PlacesBarnstable, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham
- FranceParis, Notre-Dame, Lyon, croissant, Toulouse
- French CitiesParis, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Toulouse
- French Thingsbaguette, beret, Eiffel Tower, croissant, Louvre
- French PlacesNormandy, Brittany, Alsace, Lorraine, Picardy
OrleansParis
France's chief city
Île-de-France · Versailles · Lyon · Marseille
- New OrleansLouisiana's largest city
- New Orleans jazzTraditional brass-band improvisation style
- New Orleans SaintsLouisiana NFL franchise
- Battle of New Orleans1815 American military victory
- New Orleans accentLouisiana city's distinctive speech