Lorraine

See also: lorraine

English edit

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Lorraine

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French Lorraine, from Old French Loherraine, from Latin Lotharingia, Lothringia (ultimately named for Lothair II, who ruled it); compare Lotharingia, German Lothringen.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ləˈɹeɪn/, /lɔˈɹeɪn/
Rhymes: -eɪn

Proper noun edit

Lorraine

A former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est.
A female given name transferred from the place name, associated with Laura by folk etymology.
A surname.

Synonyms edit

Lothringia

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Translations edit

former region in Grand Est, France

Afrikaans: Lotaringe
Albanian: Lorena
Arabic: لُورْيِّن m (lūryyin)
Armenian: Լոթարինգիա (hy) (Lotʻaringia)
Azerbaijani: Lotaringiya
Basque: Lorrena
Belarusian: Латарынгія f (Latarynhija)
Breton: Loren
Bulgarian: Лотарингия f (Lotaringija)
Catalan: Lorena f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 洛林 (zh) (Luòlín)
Czech: Lotrinsko (cs) n
Danish: Lorraine (da) (French region), Lothringen (German region)
Dutch: Lotharingen (nl) n
Esperanto: Loreno
Estonian: Lorraine (et)
Finnish: Lothringen (fi)
Franco-Provençal: Lorrêna f
French: Lorraine (fr) f
Galician: Lorena (gl) f
Georgian: ლოთარინგია (lotaringia), ლორენი (loreni)
German: Lothringen (de) n
Alemannic German: Lothringe n

Rhine Franconian: Lothringe (Palatine)
Greek: Λωρραίνη f (Lorraíni)
Hebrew: לורן f (lorén)
Hungarian: Lotaringia (hu)
Indonesian: Lorraine
Irish: an Lorráin f
Italian: Lorena (it) f
Japanese: ロレーヌ (Rorēnu)
Kashubian: Lotringa
Korean: 로렌 (Roren)
Latin: Lotharingia (la) f
Latvian: Lotringa f
Lithuanian: Lotaringija f
Luxembourgish: Loutrengen
Macedonian: Лорена f (Lorena)
Malay: Lorraine
Marathi: लोर्रेन (lorren)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Lorraine n

Nynorsk: Lorraine n
Occitan: Lorena f
Persian: لورن (lorên)
Polish: Lotaryngia (pl) f
Portuguese: Lorena (pt) f
Punjabi: ਲੋਰੈਨ (lorain)
Romanian: Lorena f
Russian: Лотари́нгия (ru) f (Lotaríngija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Лорена f

Roman: Lorena (sh) f
Sicilian: Lurena
Slovak: Lotrinsko n
Slovene: Lorena (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Lothringska

Upper Sorbian: Lothringska
Spanish: Lorena (es) f
Swedish: Lorraine n
Thai: ลอแรน (lɔɔ-rɛɛn)
Turkish: Lorraine
Ukrainian: Лотарингія f (Lotarynhija)
Vietnamese: Lorraine
West Frisian: Loataringen n
Yiddish: לאָטאַרינגיע (lotaringye)

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French Loherraine, from Medieval Latin Lotharingia, Lothringia; compare Lothringia, German Lothringen.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /lɔ.ʁɛn/
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Proper noun edit

Lorraine f

Lorraine (a former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est)
Lorraine (a region of France)
a female given name from French

Noun edit

Lorraine f (plural Lorraines)

female equivalent of Lorrain

Derived terms edit

Alsace-Lorraine