New Orleans
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- Names
New Orleans
Nouvelle-Orléans
Neuva Orleans
Nueva Orleans
Crescent City
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located at mouth of Mississippi-Missouri river body; largest city in Louisiana; founded by French; ceded to Spain in 1763; won final victory over British in War of 1812; seceded from Union at onset of Civil War; Union navy obtained site in 1862; site of famous Mardi Gras festival; birthplace of jazz; noted for mixed culture of French, Spanish, African, Arcadian (Canadian), Native American, English, Irish, German, and Caribbean descent.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Canby, Historic Places (1984); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (1994-2002); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
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