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NOUN (2)

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

2. a long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429;
[syn: Orleans, siege of Orleans]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Orleans \Or"le*ans\, n. [So called from the city of Orl['e]ans, in France.] 1. A cloth made of worsted and cotton, -- used for wearing apparel. [1913 Webster] 2. A variety of the plum. See under Plum. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Plum \Plum\, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?. Cf. Prune a dried plum.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of Prunus; also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree. [1913 Webster] The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties of plum, of our gardens, although growing into thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. --G. Bentham. [1913 Webster] Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from the Prunus domestica are described; among them the greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are some of the best known. [1913 Webster] Note: Among the true plums are; Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or purple globular drupes, Bullace plum. See Bullace. Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its round red drupes. Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size, much grown in England for sale in the markets. Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several other varieties. [1913 Webster] Among plants called plum, but of other genera than Prunus, are; Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and Cargillia australis, of the same family with the persimmon. Blood plum, the West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri. Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine. Date plum. See under Date. Gingerbread plum, the West African Parinarium macrophyllum. Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime. Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea. Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia. [1913 Webster] 2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin. [1913 Webster] 3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it. [1913 Webster] 4. Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or choice thing of its kind, as among appointments, positions, parts of a book, etc.; as, the mayor rewarded his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for handsome pay [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] 5. A color resembling that of a plum; a slightly grayish deep purple, varying somewhat in its red or blue tint. [PJC] Plum bird, Plum budder (Zool.), the European bullfinch. Plum gouger (Zool.), a weevil, or curculio (Coccotorus scutellaris), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva bores into the stone and eats the kernel. Plum weevil (Zool.), an American weevil which is very destructive to plums, nectarines, cherries, and many other stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and plum curculio. See Illust. under Curculio. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Orleans n 1: a city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429) 2: a long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429 [syn: Orleans, siege of Orleans]
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):

Orleans -- U.S. Parish in Louisiana Population (2000): 484674 Housing Units (2000): 215091 Land area (2000): 180.556266 sq. miles (467.638563 sq. km) Water area (2000): 169.658425 sq. miles (439.413285 sq. km) Total area (2000): 350.214691 sq. miles (907.051848 sq. km) Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22 Location: 29.972754 N, 90.059011 W Headwords: Orleans Orleans, LA Orleans Parish Orleans Parish, LA
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):

Orleans -- U.S. County in New York Population (2000): 44171 Housing Units (2000): 17347 Land area (2000): 391.395514 sq. miles (1013.709684 sq. km) Water area (2000): 426.073886 sq. miles (1103.526251 sq. km) Total area (2000): 817.469400 sq. miles (2117.235935 sq. km) Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36 Location: 43.257496 N, 78.238574 W Headwords: Orleans Orleans, NY Orleans County Orleans County, NY
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):

Orleans -- U.S. County in Vermont Population (2000): 26277 Housing Units (2000): 14673 Land area (2000): 697.700121 sq. miles (1807.034942 sq. km) Water area (2000): 23.442467 sq. miles (60.715709 sq. km) Total area (2000): 721.142588 sq. miles (1867.750651 sq. km) Located within: Vermont (VT), FIPS 50 Location: 44.844402 N, 72.218239 W Headwords: Orleans Orleans, VT Orleans County Orleans County, VT
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Orleans, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska Population (2000): 425 Housing Units (2000): 240 Land area (2000): 0.605516 sq. miles (1.568278 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.605516 sq. miles (1.568278 sq. km) FIPS code: 37420 Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31 Location: 40.131620 N, 99.455519 W ZIP Codes (1990): 68966 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Orleans, NE Orleans
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Orleans, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana Population (2000): 2273 Housing Units (2000): 992 Land area (2000): 1.568376 sq. miles (4.062075 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.568376 sq. miles (4.062075 sq. km) FIPS code: 57024 Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18 Location: 38.660993 N, 86.453368 W ZIP Codes (1990): 47452 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Orleans, IN Orleans
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Orleans, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 583 Housing Units (2000): 509 Land area (2000): 1.001331 sq. miles (2.593434 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.003670 sq. miles (0.009504 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.005001 sq. miles (2.602938 sq. km) FIPS code: 59655 Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19 Location: 43.444583 N, 95.107798 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Orleans, IA Orleans
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Orleans, MA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts Population (2000): 1716 Housing Units (2000): 1279 Land area (2000): 2.294931 sq. miles (5.943844 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.105068 sq. miles (0.272124 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.399999 sq. miles (6.215968 sq. km) FIPS code: 51405 Located within: Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25 Location: 41.789146 N, 69.997344 W ZIP Codes (1990): 02653 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Orleans, MA Orleans
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Orleans, VT -- U.S. village in Vermont Population (2000): 826 Housing Units (2000): 400 Land area (2000): 0.685957 sq. miles (1.776620 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.685957 sq. miles (1.776620 sq. km) FIPS code: 53575 Located within: Vermont (VT), FIPS 50 Location: 44.808594 N, 72.204166 W ZIP Codes (1990): 05860 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Orleans, VT Orleans