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Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans (LFNO) is a type II charter school, [1] and French international school in New Orleans, Louisiana. As of 2021 [update] (2020-2021 school year) it serves Pre-Kindergarten through grade 10 and will add a new grade level each school year until it is a full PK-12 school. [ 2 ]
French: La Nouvelle-Orléans [la nuvɛl ɔʁle.ɑ̃] ⓘ Spanish: Nueva Orleans. Also notable are lexical items specific to the city, such as lagniappe / ˈ l ɒ n j ɒ p / meaning "a little something extra", makin' groceries for grocery shopping, or neutral ground for a street median.
The last major French language newspaper in New Orleans, L'Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orléans, ceased publication on December 27, 1923, after ninety-six years; [46] according to some sources Le Courrier de la Nouvelle Orleans continued until 1955. [47]
The Council for the Development of French in Louisiana's mission is to "work toward the creation of an eco-system that permits the development of French in the economic, educational, cultural and professional sectors and in which Louisiana's French and Creole speakers are valorized in their cultural and linguistic identity."
Français : Plan de La Nouvelle-Orléans, capitale de la Louisiane, avec l'emplacement de ses quartiers et cours d'eau tels qu'ils ont été tracés par M. de la Tour en l'an 1720 English: Plan of New Orleans the Capital of Louisiana; With the Disposition of Its Quarters and Canals as They Have Been Traced by Mr. de la Tour in the Year 1720
The original site of the New Orleans Tribune, at 527 Conti Street, New Orleans, is commemorated with an historical marker. Roudanez's life has been explored in a short documentary Hidden History (2016). A publication by the same name was founded in 1985 [9] and is published by McKenna Publishing Co.
During the colonial period, New Orleans had developed three racial groups, as was typical of other French and Latin colonies: white, free persons of color (mixed race or gens de couleur libre), and enslaved black people. Robert Charles was classified as mixed-race (mulatto in the terms of the time) and his ancestors may have been free before ...
Adrien de Pauger (born ca. 1685 [1] or 1682, [2] died 9 June 1726) [3] was the French engineer and cartographer who designed the streets of the Vieux Carre, today known as the "French Quarter", and drew the original map of the city that became New Orleans, Louisiana. De Pauger was appointed in 1720 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville to draw ...