S: (n) New Orleans (a port and largest city in Louisiana; located in southeastern Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi river; a major center for offshore drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico; jazz originated here among black musicians in the late 19th century; Mardi Gras is celebrated here each year)
S: (n) circus, carnival (a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment) "it was so funny it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"