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ORY

ORY

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A three-letter airport code for Orly Airport near Paris
  • proper noun
  • Jargon
: ORY
  • Many tourists prefer to arrive in France via ORY, the airport code for Paris Orly Airport.

Examples

  • Other airlines, such as Air Caraibes, offer weekly flights during high season, generally flying out of Paris' Orly Airport (ORY).

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  • Flights to various destinations are available from ORY, which is the airport code for Paris Orly Airport.

  • Travelers can catch their international flights from ORY, the IATA code for Paris Orly Airport.

Surface Forms

ORY main

Morphology

ORY = Orly (opaque) = O + R + Y

The code is based on letters from 'Orly', but its meaning as a specific IATA airport code is conventional rather than semantically derivable.

Etymology

ORY comes from the name of the nearby town Orly, so the airport code simply uses the town name. Like LAX for Los Angeles, ORY is a short three-letter tag airlines and tickets use to show Paris Orly Airport.