Orléanais

See also: orléanais

French

Etymology

From Old French Orliens (“an Orléanais”), from Latin Aurēliānus (“a member of the gens Aurelia”), with the suffix -ais (Old French -eis, from Latin -ensis). Cf. Latin Aurelianensis[1]

Noun

Orléanais m (plural Orléanais, feminine Orléanaise)

  1. native or inhabitant of the city of Orleans, the prefecture of the Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire, France (usually male)

Proper noun

Orléanais m

  1. Orléanais (a former duchy in central France)

References

  1. ^ http://www.dicolatin.com/FR/LAK/0/AURELIANENSIS/index.htm
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