Lorena

English

Etymology

From Italian and Spanish, by folk etymology associated with Laura. Henry Webster's title for his song was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's Lenore.

Proper noun

Lorena

  1. A female given name from Italian.
    • 1856 Henry Webster - Joseph Webster, Lorena (song):
      We loved each other then, Lorena,
      More than we ever dared to tell;
      And what we might have been, Lorena,
      Had but our lovings prospered well --
    • 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter XLII, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC:
      She was named Ella Lorena, Ella for her grandmother Ellen, and Lorena because it was the most fashionable name of the day for girls,

Anagrams

Catalan

Proper noun

Lorena f

  1. Lorraine (a former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est)

Holonyms

Derived terms

  • lorenès

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loˈrɛ.na/, /loˈre.na/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛna, -ena
  • Hyphenation: Lo‧rè‧na, Lo‧ré‧na

Proper noun

La Lorena

  1. Lorraine (a former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est)

Proper noun

Lorena f

  1. a female given name

References

  1. Lorena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /loˈɾẽ.nɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /loˈɾe.na/

  • Hyphenation: Lo‧re‧na

Proper noun

Lorena f

  1. Lorraine (a former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est)
  2. a female given name
  3. A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loˈɾena/ [loˈɾe.na]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: Lo‧re‧na

Proper noun

Lorena f

  1. Lorraine (a former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est)
  2. a female given name transferred from the place name, equivalent to English Lorraine
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