Metroji clue #25

New Orleans in five emoji

United States

Founded by the French, run by the Spanish, sold to the Americans, and still not much like the rest of the country. Most of the city sits below sea level.

What each emoji refers to

Jazz took shape here around Storyville in the early 1900s.
The fleur-de-lis is on the flag and on almost everything else.
Shrimp, crawfish and gumbo. Creole and Cajun are not the same cuisine.
Mardi Gras krewes parade for weeks, not for one day.
The bayous start where the city stops.

New Orleans at a glance

Country
United States
Coordinates
29.95° N, 90.07° W
First played
Also accepted
NOLA

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from New Orleans.

City Distance Direction
HoustonUnited States 510 km
AtlantaUnited States 680 km
DallasUnited States 710 km
CancúnMexico 1,030 km
MiamiUnited States 1,080 km
HavanaCuba 1,080 km

Nearest cities we have written up

Today's city is a different one

Metroji picks a new city every day at midnight, wherever you are. Everyone gets the same one, so scores are comparable.

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