Etymology

Quotations

• ~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.

Related terms

• Laurel, Lauren, Laurie, Loretta, Lori, Lorraine,Lauretta

Proper noun

1. , cognate to Laura.

Proper noun

1. of origin.

Proper noun

1. , a Latinate variant of Laure.

Proper noun

1. of origin.

Proper noun

1. of origin.

Proper noun

1. of origin.