Editing New Orleans (section)

==Etymology and nicknames==
Before the arrival of European colonists, the indigenous [[Choctaw]] people called the area of present-day New Orleans {{lang|cho|Bulbancha}}, which translates as "land of many tongues".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Founding of New Orleans |url=https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/founding-new-orleans |date=2023-08-02 |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=American Battlefield Trust}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What's in a Name? Bulbancha and Mobilian Jargon |url=https://www.frenchquarterjournal.com/archives/whats-in-a-name-bulbancha-and-mobilian-jargon |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=French Quarter Journal}}</ref> It appears to have been a contraction of {{lang|cho|balbáha a̱shah}}, which means "there are foreign speakers". In his book {{lang|fr|Histoire de la Louisiane}}, [[Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz]] wrote that the indigenous name referred to the [[Mississippi River]] and that the use of the same name for the settlement relates to Native American concepts of the close interaction between rivers and their surrounding land.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bulbancha |url=https://64parishes.org/entry/bulbancha |last=Darensbourg |first=Jeffery U. |date=2024-05-01 |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=64 Parishes}}</ref>

The name of New Orleans derives from the original French name, {{lang|fr|La Nouvelle-Orléans}}, which was given to the city in honor of [[Philippe II, Duke of Orléans]], who served as [[Louis XV]]'s regent from 1715 to 1723.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=French History in New Orleans |url=https://www.neworleans.com/things-to-do/multicultural/cultures/french/ |access-date=2020-10-28 |website=www.neworleans.com |archive-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031142840/https://www.neworleans.com/things-to-do/multicultural/cultures/french/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The French city of [[Orléans]] itself is named after the [[Roman emperor]] [[Aurelian]], originally being known as Aurelianum. Thus, by extension, since New Orleans is also named after Aurelian, its name in Latin would translate to Nova Aurelia.

Following the defeat in the [[Seven Years' War]], France formally transferred the possession of [[Louisiana (New France)|Louisiana]] to [[History of Spain (1700–1808)|Spain]], with which France had secretly signed the [[Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)|Treaty of Fontainebleau]] a year earlier, in the [[Treaty of Paris (1763)|Treaty of Paris]] of 1763. The Spanish renamed the city {{lang|es|Nueva Orleans}} ({{IPA|es|ˌnweβa oɾleˈans|pron}}), which was used until 1800.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.neworleans.com/things-to-do/history/history-of-new-orleans-by-period/ |title=History of New Orleans |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=www.neworleans.com |archive-date=August 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819015712/https://www.neworleans.com/things-to-do/history/history-of-new-orleans-by-period/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The United States, which had [[Louisiana Purchase|acquired possession]] from [[French First Republic|France]] in 1803, adopted the French name and anglicized it to ''New Orleans''.

New Orleans has several nicknames, including these:
* ''Crescent City'', alluding to the course of the [[Lower Mississippi River]] around and through the city.<ref name="NOCVBnicknames">{{cite web |url=http://www.neworleanscvb.com/static/index.cfm/contentID/555/sectionID/1/subsectionID/0 |title=New Orleans Nicknames |access-date=December 2, 2008 |publisher=New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107230703/http://www.neworleanscvb.com/static/index.cfm/contentID/555/sectionID/1/subsectionID/0 |archive-date=January 7, 2009}}</ref>
* ''The Big Easy'', possibly a reference by musicians in the early 20th century to the relative ease of finding work there.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why Is New Orleans Called "The Big Easy?" |url=https://www.southernliving.com/travel/louisiana/new-orleans-nickname-the-big-easy |access-date=2020-10-28 |website=Southern Living |language=EN |archive-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031191857/https://www.southernliving.com/travel/louisiana/new-orleans-nickname-the-big-easy |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=What do you call New Orleans? 11 of the good, bad and silly nicknames for an iconic city |url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/article_1fa055b2-b43c-5aa0-9a72-02551385cf3c.html |access-date=2020-10-28 |website=NOLA.com |date=October 3, 2017 |language=en |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101202156/https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/article_1fa055b2-b43c-5aa0-9a72-02551385cf3c.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''The City that Care Forgot'', used since at least 1938,<ref>{{cite web |last=Ingersoll |first=Steve |title=New Orleans—"The City That Care Forgot" and Other Nicknames A Preliminary Investigation |url=http://nutrias.org/facts/careforgot.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040920044521/http://nutrias.org/facts/careforgot.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 20, 2004 |publisher=New Orleans Public Library |date=March 2004 |access-date=February 9, 2009}}</ref> referring to the outwardly easygoing, carefree nature of the residents.<ref name=":1" />
* ''NOLA'', the acronym for New Orleans, Louisiana.