What is the difference between lorraine and laura?
lorraine | laura |
A region located to the south of Luxembourg and to the east of Alsace, and now part of France, which changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history.
from the French place name, associated with Laura by folk etymology.
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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:
Lorraine is a related term of laura.
As a adjective lorraine
is .As a noun laura is
(roman catholic church ) a number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.lorraine
English
(wikipedia Lorraine)Proper noun
(en proper noun)Derived terms
* quiche lorraine/quiche Lorrainelaura
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.