New Orleans

English

Alternative forms

• N'Orlins, N'orlins, N' Orlins, Norlins, Nawlins (representing the local dialectal pronunciation)

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/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (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. It is an industrial and distribution center and major seaport located along the Mississippi near the Gulf of Mexico, known for its rich cultural heritage, especially its music and cuisine.

Synonyms

• Big Easy
• Crescent City

Related terms

• New Orleanian
• Orleans Parish

Descendants

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

Translations

city

• Amharic: ኑ ኦርሌንዝ (nu ʾorlenz)
• Arabic: نيو أورليانز‎ m (nyū ʔurlyānz), أورليانز الجديدة‎ f (ʔurlyānz al-jadīda)
• Belarusian: Но́вы Арлеа́н m (Nóvy Arljeán)
• Bengali: নিউ অরলিন্স (niu orlinśo)
• Breton: New Orleans, Orleañs Nevez
• Catalan: Nova Orleans f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新奧爾良／新奥尔良 (zh) (Xīn Ào'ěrliáng)

• Czech: New Orleans n
• Dutch: New Orleans n, Nieuw-Orleans n
• Esperanto: Nov-Orleano
• Finnish: New Orleans (fi)
• French: La Nouvelle-Orléans (fr) f
• German: New Orleans (de) n
• Greek: Νέα Ορλεάνη (el) f (Néa Orleáni)
• Haitian Creole: Nouvèl Òleyan f
• Hebrew: ניו אורלינס‎ (nyu orlins)
• Hindi: न्यू ओर्लियंस (nyū orliyans)
• Irish: Nua Orléans, New Orleans
• Japanese: ニューオーリンズ (Nyū-Ōrinzu), ラ・ヌーヴェル＝オルレアン (Ra Nūveru-Orurean) (French form)
• Kannada: ನ್ಯೂ ಒರ್ಲೀನ್ಸ್ (nyū orlīns)
• Korean: 뉴올리언스 (Nyu-ollieonseu)
• Latin: Nova Aurelia f, Novum Aurelium n, Novum Aurelianum n
• Marathi: न्यू ऑर्लिन्स (nyū ŏrlinsa)
• Navajo: Tónteel Biihílį́ Hatsoh
• Norman: La Nouvelle-Orliauns f, La Nouvelle-Orléauns f
• Occitan: Nòva Orleans f
• Picard: La Novèle-Orléans
• Polish: Nowy Orlean (pl) m
• Portuguese: Nova Orleães (pt) f
• Russian: Но́вый Орлеа́н (ru) m (Nóvyj Orleán)
• Silesian: Nowy Uorlean m
• Spanish: Nueva Orleans (es) f
• Swedish: New Orleans (sv) n
• Tamil: நியூ ஓர்லென்ஸ் (niyū ōrleṉs)
• Tatar: New Orleans
• Telugu: న్యూ ఆర్లియన్సు (nyū ārliyansu)
• Ukrainian: Нови́й Орлеа́н m (Novýj Orleán)
• Vietnamese: New Orleans, Ngọc Lân (US), Tân Linh (US)
• Yiddish: ניו אָרלינס‎ (nyu orlins)

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Proper noun

New Orleans

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