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Orleans

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Or·lé·ans  (ôr-l-ä)
A city of north-central France on the Loire River south-southwest of Paris. Founded by Celts and conquered by Julius Caesar in 52 b.c., the city was taken by Clovis I in a.d. 498 and became the center of the Frankish kingdom of Orléans in 511. It became a principal residence of the Capetian kings in the tenth century. The siege of Orléans by the English (1428-1429) was lifted by troops led by Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orléans. Population: 112,000.
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Noun1.Orleans - a city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429)
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
2.Orleans - a long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429
siege of Orleans
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
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