Orléans
- proper noun
- /ɔrˈleɪənz/
- Every year, visitors flock to Orléans to celebrate Joan of Arc's historic victory against the English.
- Louis of Orléans
Examples
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In the end, Charlemagne's investigator sided with Theodulf, bishop of Orléans: the cleric ought not to have been granted sanctuary at Saint Martin's due to his prior conviction.
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Joan of Arc is famously known as the "Maid of Orléans" for her role in lifting the siege in 1429.
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His flight prompted the dispatch of a party from Orléans intent on securing him, though monks from Tours stopped them in their tracks.
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From Orléans to Bastogne.
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Indeed, prior to the university stood the cathedral schools of Chartres, Laon, Rheims, Orléans, and Notre Dame de Paris.
Academic text (2008) -
CV: Sebastian Müller was born in 1968 and studied electrical engineering at the universities of Bochum (Germany), Orléans (France), and Bologna (Italy).
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The city of Orléans, located on the Loire River, became a symbol of French resistance during the Hundred Years' War.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Orléans comes from the old Roman name Aurelianum, which meant 'Aurelian's estate' — a place owned by a man called Aurelian. That name is related to Latin aureus, meaning 'gold', so a helpful way to remember Orléans is as 'Aurelian's golden town'.
