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]

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Adjective

orléanais (feminine orléanaise, masculine plural orléanais, feminine plural orléanaises)

  1. of, from or relating to the city of Orleans, the prefecture of the Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire, France
  2. of, from or relating to Orléanais, former duchy in central France

References

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