Lafayette

See also: lafayette and LaFayette

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Fayette, LaFayette

Further alternative forms

• laFayette, la Fayette, La Fayette
• deFayette, de Fayette, De Fayette, DeFayette, Defayette
• de la Fayette, De La Fayette, de La Fayette, De la Fayette, delaFayette, DeLaFayette, DelaFayette, deLaFayette, deLafayette, DeLafayette, Delafayette, de Lafayette, De Lafayette, De LaFayette, De laFayette, de laFayette, dela Fayette, DeLa Fayette, Dela Fayette, deLa Fayette

Etymology

French surname from Occitan, "the little beech tree".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌlæfiːˈɛt/, /ˌlɑːfiːˈɛt/

Proper noun

Lafayette (countable and uncountable, plural Lafayettes)

1. Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834), a French aristocrat who is considered a national hero in both France and the United States for his participation in the French and American revolutions.
2. A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
   1. A city in Contra Costa County, California.
   2. A city and home rule municipality of Boulder County, Colorado.
   3. A city, the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
   4. A large city, the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.

      Meronym: McComb

   5. A small city in Nicollet County, Minnesota.
   6. A village in Allen County, Ohio.
   7. A census-designated place in Madison County, Ohio.
   8. A city in Yamhill County, Oregon.
   9. A city, the county seat of Macon County, Tennessee.
   10. A census-designated place in Montgomery County, Virginia.
   11. A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
   12. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
   13. A town in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
   14. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Lafayette Township.
3. (countable) A surname from French.
4. (US, countable) A male given name transferred from the surname, originally in honor of the Marquis.

Derived terms

• Fayette
• Fayettism
• Fayettist
• Lafayette County
• Lafayette Parish
• Lafe

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan La Faieta.

Pronunciation

• (Belgium, France) IPA^(key): /la.fa.jɛt/

Proper noun

Lafayette f

1. Lafayette
   1. a surname
   2. any of a number of U.S. places