Lorraine
//ləˈɹeɪn// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A cultural region, former administrative region, and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est region.
- 2 A female given name transferred from the place name, associated with Laura by folk etymology.
- 3 A surname.
Example
More examples"In some parts of Germany—Lorraine is one—the people burn the Yule-log; sometimes a huge log that will last through the three days' festivity, sometimes one so small that the family sit before it until it is all consumed."
Etymology
Borrowed from French Lorraine, from Old French Loherraine, from Latin Lotharingia, Lothringia (ultimately named for Lothair II, who ruled it); compare Lotharingia, German Lothringen.
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