Lori

//loɹ.i// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name, popular in the US in the 1960s.

    "There was Lori - Lori - Lori no longer daft - Lori who could fight like the very devil of a Scotswoman at the side of her man - Lori would pull Mary Ruadh back from the brink of the grave, and perhaps himself too. His spirits began to lift. His whole being sang with the name of Lori."

  2. 2
    A province of Armenia.

Example

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"Lori suggested that we should take a ten-minute coffee break."

Etymology

Etymology 1

In some cases, a 20th century spelling variant of Laurie, from Laura. In other cases, a diminutive form of names such as Loretta and Lorraine.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Armenian Լոռի (Loṙi).

Related phrases

given namerepublic of armenia

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