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Orlando

a city of Florida, the county-seat of Orange co. It is a popular winter resort and is noted for its hunting and fishing. It is the center of an important fruit-growing region.

Pop. (1910) 3,894; (1920) 9,282.

ORLÉANS (or-lã-an'), a city of France, capital of the department of the Loiret; on the Loire; 68 miles S. W. of Paris. It has some handsome public De Retz, the soul of the Fronde, who, however, soon saw through the character of his fickle and feeble confederate. After the termination of the troubles (1648) died Feb. 2, 1660. the duke was banished to Blois. He

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