NOUN (1)

1. a port and largest city in Louisiana; located in southeastern Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi river; a major center for offshore drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico; jazz originated here among black musicians in the late 19th century; Mardi Gras is celebrated here each year;

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

New Orleans
    n 1: a port and largest city in Louisiana; located in
         southeastern Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi
         river; a major center for offshore drilling for oil in the
         Gulf of Mexico; jazz originated here among black musicians
         in the late 19th century; Mardi Gras is celebrated here
         each year