Laura

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Latin feminine form of laurus (laurel tree). A post-classical name made famous by Petrarch's sonnets to Laura in the fourteenth century.

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Singular
Laura

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Laura

  1. A female given name.

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  • ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet: Act II, Scene IV:
    Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in; Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to be-rime her;
  • 1960 Peter S. Beagle: A Fine And Private Place. Random House Publishing, 1982:The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle. ISBN 0345300815 page 258:
    Laura was saying something. A mellifluous name, he thought. I wish she were far away, so I could call her.

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Laura f.

  1. A female given name, cognate to Laura.

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Laura

  1. A female given name of Latin origin.

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Laura

  1. A female given name of Latin origin.

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Laura

  1. A female given name of Latin origin.

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Laura

  1. A female given name, a Latinate variant of Laure.

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Laura

  1. A female given name of Latin origin.

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Laura f.

  1. A female given name.

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Laura

  1. A female given name of Latin origin.

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Laura (f)

  1. A female given name of Latin origin.

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Laura

  1. A female given name of Latin origin.