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Or•lé•ans
Pronunciation: (ôr'lē-unz; Fr. ôr-lā-än'), [key]—
n.
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428. 109,956.
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