Lourdes
See also: lourdes
English
Etymology
French Lourdes, corruption of Medieval Latin Lorus (778), the baptismal name taken by a Moorish leader who converted to Christianity, though of unknown ultimate meaning.
Proper noun
Lourdes
- A town in the French Pyrenees, and site of a large Catholic pilgrimage
- A female given name from Spanish, from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish epithet of Virgin Mary as Nuestra Señora de Lourdes.
Translations
a town in the Pyrenees
female given name
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References
- Begg, Ean (2017): The Cult of the Black Virgin
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology 1
From Spanish Lourdes, from Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, from French Lourdes, from Medieval Latin Lorus.
Proper noun
Lourdes
- a female given name from Spanish
Etymology 2
After the Our Lady of Lourdes.
Proper noun
Lourdes
- A barangay of Bogo, Cebu, Philippines
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Lourdes.
Portuguese
Proper noun
Lourdes
- a female given name.
- A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil
Spanish
Etymology
Shortened from María (de) Lourdes, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Lourdes".
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lourdes f
- a female given name transferred from the place name.
Categories:
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
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- English female given names from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
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- Cebuano terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- Cebuano given names
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- Cebuano female given names from Spanish
- ceb:Neighborhoods in Cebu, Philippines
- ceb:Places in Cebu, Philippines
- ceb:Places in the Philippines
- Cebuano eponyms
- Cebuano terms derived from toponyms
- ceb:Barangays of Bogo, Cebu, Philippines
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese given names
- Portuguese female given names
- pt:Municipalities of São Paulo, Brazil
- pt:Places in São Paulo, Brazil
- pt:Places in Brazil
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish given names
- Spanish female given names
- Spanish female given names from place names