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Orléanais

noun, masculine

Orléanais is masculine in French.

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

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

proper noun

Orléanais is masculine in French.

Orléanais (a former duchy in central France)

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