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Lara vs Laura - What's the difference?

lara | laura |

As proper nouns the difference between lara and laura

is that lara is {{given name|female|from=Russian}} 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.

lara

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • (surname)
  • See also

    * Laura * Larissa

    Anagrams

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    laura

    English

    (wikipedia Laura)

    Alternative forms

    * Lora (rare)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet : Act II, Scene IV:
  • 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;
  • * 1960 Peter S. Beagle: A Fine And Private Place . Random House Publishing, 1982:The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle. ISBN 0345300815 page 258:
  • Laura was saying something. A mellifluous name, he thought. I wish she were far away, so I could call her.

    Usage notes

    * Also used as a feminine equivalent of Laurence.

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