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New Orleans

/ˈn(j)uː ɔɹˈliːnz/

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What does New Orleans mean?

proper noun

  1. The largest city in Louisiana, United States and the parish seat of Orleans Parish, which is coterminous with the city.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈn(j)uː ɔɹˈliːnz/

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/n(j)uː ˈɔɹliːnz//ˌnuː ˈɔɹ.li.ənz//ˌnuː ˈɔɹ.lɛ.ənz//ˈnɔɹlənz//ˈnɔːlənz/

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The young physician had been in New Orleans but a very few weeks, and had seen but little of slavery.
William Wells BrownClotelle; Or, The Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; Or, The President's DaughterProject Gutenberg ebook #241
Again he threw up his steady work and, with a couple of sanguine young friends, made his way to New Orleans.
Frank Lewis Dyer; Thomas Commerford MartinEdison: His Life and InventionsProject Gutenberg ebook #820
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Who the Johnsons were she does not know, but she feels sure of the fact that she was born in New Orleans.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449
From Baltimore the air was carried south, and was played by one of the regimental bands at the battle of New Orleans.
John A. CarpenterThe Star-Spangled BannerProject Gutenberg ebook #727
A few weeks later, his relatives, who had remained at New Orleans, learned that he had died of the fever of the country.
William Craft; Ellen CraftRunning a Thousand Miles for Freedom Or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from SlaveryProject Gutenberg ebook #585