The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. New Orleans
(AWR -lee-uhnz, AWR -luhnz, awr-LEENZ ) Port city in southeastern Louisiana . 1 ‡ Dominated by Creole culture , which stemmed from the French settlers of the southern United States. 2 ‡ Jazz originated in the late nineteenth century among black musicians of New Orleans. 3 ‡ Mardi Gras is celebrated there each year. 4 ‡ In the Battle of New Orleans (1815), Andrew Jackson , not having yet received word that the Treaty of Ghent had ended the War of 1812 , repulsed the British assault on the city. 5
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
