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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.
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Loiret (French lwarɛ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a department of central France, in Centre region. Capital: Orléans. Pop: 629 377 (2003 est). Area: 6812 sq km (2657 sq miles) | |
| Orléanais (French ɔrleanɛ) | |
| —n | |
| a former province of N central France, centred on Orléans | |
| Orléans1 (ɔːˈlɪənz, French ɔrleɑ̃) | |
| —n | |
| a city in N central France, on the River Loire: famous for its deliverance by Joan of Arc from the long English siege in 1429; university (1305); an important rail and road junction. Pop: 113 126 (1999) | |
| Orléans2 (French ɔrleɑ̃) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Charles (ʃarl), Duc d'Orléans. 1394--1465, French poet; noted for the poems written during his imprisonment in England; father of Louis XII |
| 2. | Louis Philippe Joseph (lwi filip ʒozɛf), Duc d'Orléans, known as Philippe Égalité (after 1792). 1747--93, French nobleman, who supported the French Revolution and voted for the death of his cousin, Louis XVI, but was executed after his son, the future king Louis-Philippe, defected to the Austrians |
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