Crescent City

English Etymology 1 en Proper noun crescent city en A <<harbor city>> in northern <<s/California>>, <<c/USA>>, and the <<county seat>> of <<co/Del Norte County>>. en Nicholas McEntyre First tsunami waves strike mainland US in Northern California and Bay Area w:New York Post https://nypost.com/2025/07/30/us-news/california-tsunami-waves-hit-northern-coast-near-crescent-city-and-san-francisco-bay-after-striking-hawaii/ 2025-07-30 The waves, measuring at 3.6 feet, slammed into the Northern California coastline near the small enclave of Crescent City and Humboldt Bay, the National Weather Service Eureka announced. https://web.archive.org/web/20250731014141/https://nypost.com/2025/07/30/us-news/california-tsunami-waves-hit-northern-coast-near-crescent-city-and-san-francisco-bay-after-striking-hawaii/ en city co/Putnam County s/Florida c/USA. en village co/Iroquois County s/Illinois c/USA. Etymology 2 From the city's crescent-shaped development around the Mississippi River, originally in reference to the older neighborhoods of New Orleans. This imaginary crescent might arc, for example, from the Warehouse District upriver to the Bywater neighborhood downriver, with the French Quarter at its midsection. Proper noun An 1880 map of New Orleans en crescent crescenting to form around the riverbend (center right) separating the French Quarter from en Algiers NOLA.|thumb|right thumb|right|A 1902 New Orleans "Crescent City" business card featuring a crescent motif (top left). crescent city 1 en @nickname for:New Orleans city s/Louisiana c/US. en Todd Leopold Return to the ‘City That Care Forgot’ w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/12/opinions/new-orleans-katrina-city-care-forgot 2015-08-12 The phrase was, and remains, a double-edged sword: a testament to the hard-working and hard-living citizens of the Crescent City and an indicator of the “ah, whatever” shrug hanging over its corrupt politics, its ramshackle infrastructure and its belief that partying trumps all. https://web.archive.org/web/20220102064436/http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/12/opinions/new-orleans-katrina-city-care-forgot/