Lafayette
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French surname from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Occitan, "the little beech tree".
Proper noun
Lafayette
- 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.
- Any of a number of U.S. places named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
- A city, the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States.
- A large city, the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
- A city, the county seat of Macon County, Tennessee, United States.
- (US) A male given name transferred from the surname, originally in honor of the Marquis.
Derived terms
Categories:
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Occitan
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in Indiana, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:County seats of Indiana, USA
- en:Places in Indiana, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Cities in Louisiana, USA
- en:Parish seats of Louisiana, USA
- en:Places in Louisiana, USA
- en:Cities in Tennessee, USA
- en:County seats of Tennessee, USA
- en:Places in Tennessee, USA
- American English
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from surnames
- English eponyms
- en:Arkansas, USA
- en:Colorado, USA