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Orléanais

noun, masculine

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 (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

Orléanais — French Dictionary | Passage