Joanne vs Laura - What's the difference?
joanne | laura |
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* 1824 , The History of Matthew Wald , E. Duyckinck, Collins & Hannay, page 112:
* 1981 , Bodily Harm , Anchor Books, ISBN 0385491077, page 16:
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* ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet : Act II, Scene IV:
* 1960 Peter S. Beagle: A Fine And Private Place . Random House Publishing, 1982:The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle. ISBN 0345300815 page 258:
As proper nouns the difference between joanne and laura
is that joanne is {{given name|female|from=Hebrew}} while Laura is {{given name|female|from=Latin}}.As a noun laura is
a number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.joanne
English
Alternative forms
* JoAnne, Jo-Anne, Jo Anne * Joann, JoAnn, Jo-Ann, Jo AnnProper noun
(en proper noun)- "I have," said I; "and I have seen the young ladies too, except Miss Joanne ."
- "Ye may just as weel lay by the Miss, and ca' her Joan, like her mother afore her, noo -
- She changed it when she was thirty-eight because, as she said, what can you do with a name like Joanne ? Too nice.
laura
English
(wikipedia Laura)Alternative forms
* Lora (rare)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in; Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to be-rime her;
- Laura was saying something. A mellifluous name, he thought. I wish she were far away, so I could call her.