Laura

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• General-American: /lɑːɹə/
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• General-American: /lɔːɹə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːɹə/
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From Late Latin saint's name Laura, from the feminine form of laurus (“laurel tree”). A post-classical name made famous by Petrarch's sonnets to Laura in the fourteenth century.

From the Late Latin laura, from Ancient Greek λαύρα (laúra, “lane, path”).

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: Laura — female given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 羅娜 /罗娜 (Luónà) — female given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 蘿拉 /萝拉 (Luólā) — female given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 勞拉 /劳拉 (Láolā) — female given name
• Danish: Laura — female given name
• Dutch: Laura — female given name
• Esperanto: Laŭra — female given name
• Estonian: Laura — female given name
• Finnish: Laura — female given name
• French: Laura — female given name
• French: Laure — female given name
• Galician: Laura — female given name
• German: Laura — female given name
• Greek: Λαύρα (Lávra) — female given name
• Hebrew: לורה (lóra) — female given name
• Hebrew: לאורה (láura) — female given name
• Hungarian: Laura — female given name
• Italian: Laura — female given name
• Japanese: ローラ (Rōra) — female given name
• Kazakh: Лаура — female given name
• Latin: Laura — female given name
• Latvian: Laura — female given name
• Norwegian: Laura — female given name
• Polish: Laura — female given name
• Portuguese: Laura — female given name
• Romanian: Laura — female given name
• Russian: Ло́ра (Lóra) — female given name
• Russian: Ла́ура (Láura) — female given name
• Slovene: Lavra — female given name
• Spanish: Laura — female given name
• Swedish: Laura — female given name
• Welsh: Lowri — female given name
• German: Laura — cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre
• German: Laure — cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre
• German: Lavra — cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre
• German: Lawra — cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre
• Italian: laura — cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre
• Italian: lavra — cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre
• Polish: ławra — cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre
• Czech: lávra — large male monastery
• German: Laura — large male monastery
• German: Laure — large male monastery
• German: Lavra — large male monastery
• German: Lawra — large male monastery
• Italian: laura — large male monastery
• Italian: lavra — large male monastery
• Polish: ławra — large male monastery