Lorna vs Laura - What's the difference?
lorna | laura |
of mostly Scottish usage.
* 1869 , Lorna Doone , Chapter 8:
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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 a proper noun lorna
is of mostly scottish usage.As a noun laura is
(historical|roman catholic church) a number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.lorna
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- "Lorna' Doone," she answered in a low voice as if afraid of it, and hanging her head, so that I could see only her forehead and eyelashes; "if you please, my name is ' Lorna Doone; and I thought you must have known it."
Anagrams
*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.
