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• #123

United States of America [US]

The dialect of New Orleans

Word: Crescent City

Meaning:

A nickname for New Orleans originating from the shape of the Mississippi River as it bends around the city

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Other Words from New Orleans

• beaux beaux

• Flambeaux

• Picayune

• Do-do

• Sno-ball

• It don madda

• Banquett

• Tchoupitoulas Street

• pass the vacuum

• Camelback

• Big Easy

• Fixin to

• Dixie

• Shot gun

• Favor

• Makin groceries

• Doubloons

• Metairie

• Laissez le Bon temp rouler

• Vignette

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