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Laura
proper noun
(
given name, female
).
Translations:
Dutch: Laura
French: Laure
German: Laura
(
trans-mid
)
Italian: Laura
Spanish: Laura
Etymology:
Latin feminine form of
laurus
, laurel tree. A post-classical name made famous by Petrarch's sonnets to Laura in the fourteenth century.
laura
noun
(
Roman Catholic Church
) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior - C. Kingsley
Etymology:
Late Latin, from Greek lane, defile (noun), also, a kind of monastery
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