English · Idiom Historical

Crescent City

Preserved but no longer current.

Meaning · English

The descriptive name in the U.S.A. for New Orleans.

Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Topics: Historical slang (1800s)

Common questions

What does “Crescent City” mean?

The descriptive name in the U.S.A. for New Orleans.

Is “Crescent City” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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