ORLEANS

Orleans, siege of Orleans

(noun) a long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429

Orleans

(noun) a city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Orleans

The capital city of Centre-Val de Loire, France.

Noun

Orleans (countable and uncountable, plural Orleans or Orleanses)

(uncountable, textiles) A cloth made of worsted and cotton, used for making clothes.

(countable) A variety of plum.

Anagrams

• Salerno, arenols, loaners, reloans

Source: Wiktionary


Or"le*ans, n. Etym: [So called from the city of Orléans, in France.]

1. A cloth made of worsted and cotton, -- used for wearing apparel.

2. A variety of the plum. See under Plum. [Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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EARTHSHAKING

(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”


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