Orleans

Meanings

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:
4. An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California.
5. A township and town therein, in Orange County, Indiana.
6. A minor city in Dickinson County, Iowa.
7. A township in Winneshiek County, Iowa.
8. A town and census-designated place therein, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
9. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Ionia County, Michigan.
10. An unincorporated community in Clow Township, Kittson County, Minnesota.
11. A ghost town in Polk County, Missouri.
12. A township and village therein, in Harlan County, Nebraska.

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

Etymology

From French Orléans, ultimately from Latin Aurelianum, from the name of the Roman emperor Aurelian, who rebuilt the city. More at Aurelius.