Orleans

alternative Orléans

1. A city, the capital of Loiret department, France; the regional capital of Centre-Val de Loire.
2. A surname from French [in turn transferred from the place name].
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California.
   2. A township and town therein, in Orange County, Indiana.
   3. A minor city in Dickinson County, Iowa.
   4. A township in Winneshiek County, Iowa.
   5. A town and census-designated place therein, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
   6. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Ionia County, Michigan.
   7. An unincorporated community in Clow Township, Kittson County, Minnesota.
   8. A ghost town in Polk County, Missouri.
   9. A township and village therein, in Harlan County, Nebraska.
   10. A town in Jefferson County, New York.
   11. A village in the town of Barton, Orleans County, Vermont.

plural Orleanses · alternative Orléans

1. uncountablebusinessA cloth made of worsted and cotton, used for making clothes.
2. countableA variety of plum.