New Orleans

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Alternative forms edit

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

Etymology edit

Calque of French La Nouvelle-Orléans.

Pronunciation edit

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/^[1]
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(in the local dialect, with synaeresis) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɹlənz/, IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːlənz/

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Particularly: "Preferably by a New Orleanian"

Proper noun edit

New Orleans

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.

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Descendants edit

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

Translations edit

city

Amharic: ኑ ኦርሌንዝ (nu ʾorlenz)
Arabic: نيو أورليانز m (nyū ʔurlyānz), أورليانز الجديدة f (ʔurlyānz al-jadīda), أورليان الجديدة f (ʔurlyān al-jadīda), أرليانش الجديدة f
Belarusian: Но́вы Арлеа́н m (Nóvy Arljeán)
Bengali: নিউ অরলিন্স (niu orlinśo)
Breton: Orleañs Nevez
Catalan: Nova Orleans f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 新奧爾良／新奥尔良 (zh) (Xīn Ào'ěrliáng)
Corsican: New Orleans, Nova Orleans f
Czech: New Orleans n
Dutch: New Orleans n, Nieuw-Orleans n, Nieuw-Orléans n
Esperanto: Nov-Orleano
Finnish: New Orleans (fi)
French: La Nouvelle-Orléans (fr) f
Galician: Nova Orleáns (gl) 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
Italian: New Orleans (it), Nuova Orleans f
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)
Lao: ນິວອໍລີນ (niu ʼǭ līn), ນິວ ອໍລີນ (niu ʼǭ līn), ນິວອໍລີນສ໌ (niu ʼǭ līn sa), ນິວ ອໍລີນສ໌ (niu ʼǭ līn sa)
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 f, Novèle-Orléans f
Polish: Nowy Orlean (pl) m
Portuguese: Nova Orleães (pt) f, Nova Orleans f
Russian: Но́вый Орлеа́н (ru) m (Nóvyj Orleán)
Sardinian: Noa Orleans f
Scots: New Orleans
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)
Thai: นิวออร์ลีน
Ukrainian: Нови́й Орлеа́н m (Novýj Orleán)
Vietnamese: New Orleans, Ngọc Lân (US), Tân Linh (US)
West Frisian: New Orleans n, Nij-Orleans n
Yiddish: ניו אָרלינס (nyu orlins)

References edit

^ This tetrasyllabic pronunciation is found in e.g. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Cyclopedia of Names.

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Proper noun edit

New Orleans

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

[1] This tetrasyllabic pronunciation is found in e.g. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Cyclopedia of Names.

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