Lorraine
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Places
- LotharingiaLotharingiaLotharingia was a region in northwest Europe, comprising the Low Countries, the western Rhineland, the lands today on the border between France and Germany, and what is now western Switzerland. It was born of the tripartite division in 855, of the kingdom of Middle Francia, itself formed of the...
or Lorraine, a short-lived Kingdom in western Europe. Later an independent duchy from around 910 to its partition in 959 into:- Lower LorraineLower LorraineThe Duchy of Lower Lorraine or Lower Lotharingia , established in 959 was a stem duchy of the medieval German kingdom, which encompassed part of modern-day Belgium, the Netherlands, the northern part of the German Rhineland and a part of northern France east of the Schelde river.It was created out...
, Duchy of Lower Lorraine, which is today roughly Belgium, - Lorraine (duchy), Duchy of Upper Lorraine, which became the modern French province of Lorraine:
- Lorraine (region)Lorraine (région)Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated...
, one of the 27 régions of France
- Lower Lorraine
- Parc naturel régional de Lorraine, a protected area of northeastern France
- Lorraine, CaliforniaLorraine, CaliforniaLorraine is a former settlement in Butte County, California., it is now inundated by the Thermalito Afterbay reservoir. It lay at an elevation of 138 feet . Lorraine still appeared on maps as of 1952. It was located north-northeast of Biggs on the Sacramento Northern Railroad....
, U.S. - Lorraine, KansasLorraine, KansasLorraine is a city in Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 138.-Geography:Lorraine is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 136...
, U.S. - Lorraine, New YorkLorraine, New YorkLorraine is a town in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 1,037 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Lorraine, a region in France.The Town of Lorraine is on the south border of the county and is south of Watertown....
, U.S. - Lorraine, Ontario, Canada
- Lorraine, QuebecLorraine, QuebecLorraine is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville. There are no industries and only a very limited commercial district ; almost all houses are of the detached type...
, Canada - Lorraine IslandLorraine IslandLorraine Island is an island off the coast of Western Australia in the Great Australian Bight.It was named after Lorraine Faulds Lane , Wife of Selwyn George Lane. Co-ordinates of the island are .-External links:*...
, Australia
Vehicles
- Lorraine (automobile)Lorraine (automobile)The Lorraine was an automobile built in both Grand Rapids and Detroit, Michigan by the Lorraine Motors Corporation from 1920-22. The Lorraine was an assembled car that succeeded the Hackett. The vehicle was powered by a four-cylinder Herchell-Spillman engine and was available in both open and...
, an American car manufacturer - Lorraine (company), an aircraft engine manufacturing company in France
- Lorraine, cars manufactured by Lorraine-DietrichLorraine-DietrichLorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissments de Dietrich and Cie branched into the manufacture of automobiles...
between 1920 and 1935 - Lorraine 37LLorraine 37LThe Lorraine 37L or Tracteur de ravitaillement pour chars 1937 L, was a light tracked armoured vehicle developed during the Interbellum by the Lorraine company to a French Army requirement for a munition and fuel supply carrier to be used by tank units. A prototype was built in 1937 and production...
, a military vehicle during World War II
- Lorraine, cars manufactured by Lorraine-Dietrich
- French battleship LorraineFrench battleship LorraineThe Lorraine was a French Navy battleship of the Bretagne class named in honour of the region of Lorraine in France.- Construction :...
, of World War II - SMS LothringenSMS LothringenSMS Lothringen"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" was the fifth of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class in the German Imperial Navy laid down in 1902 and commissioned 1906. She was named for the then German province of Lothringen, now Lorraine, a region of France...
, a German pre-dreadnought of World War I
Other uses
- Lorraine (TV series)Lorraine (TV programme)Lorraine is the early weekday morning, lifestyle and entertainment show for the British ITV network, presented by Lorraine Kelly. ITV Breakfast produces Lorraine, which airs every weekday from 08:30 until 09:25, following Daybreak...
, a UK television series on ITV - hosted by Lorraine Kelly - Lorraine (band)Lorraine (band)Blackroom formerly known as Lorraine are a 3-piece band from Bergen in Norway consisting of Ole Gunnar Gundersen , Anders Winsents and Paal Myran Haaland . They signed to the major record label RCA Records in 2007 after parting ways with Columbia Records...
, a musical trio from Bergen, Norway - "Lorraine" (song)Lorraine (song)"Lorraine" was the debut entry for Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest, being performed in the semi-final of the 2005 edition of the Contest by Kaffe....
, the entry for Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 - "Lorraine", a song by Toto from their album Hydra
- Lorraine, the workname used by Jay Miner for the first prototype of the AmigaAmiga CorporationAmiga Corporation was a United States computer company formed in the early 1980s as Hi-Toro. It is most famous for having developed the Amiga computer, code named Lorraine.-History:...
computer - Lorraine Motel, site of the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination
- 1114 Lorraine1114 Lorraine1114 Lorraine is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Alexandre Schaumasse on November 17, 1928 at Nice, France. It was independently discovered a day later by L. Volta at Pino Torinese, Italy. Its provisional designation was 1928 WA...
, an asteroid - Operation LorraineOperation LorraineOperation Lorraine was a French military operation of the First Indochina War.The main objective for the French was to lure the Viet Minh into open battle and inflict a crushing defeat on them. Giap failed to take the bait and Salan canceled the operation and the French withdraw to the de Lattre...
, a French Union military operation during the First Indochina War
See also
- Lorain (disambiguation)
- Loraine (disambiguation)
- Lorrain (disambiguation)
- Bar-le-duc jellyBar-le-duc jellyBar-le-duc jelly is a highly regarded preparation of jelly originally composed of select whole seeded currants, typically white currants or alternatively red currants. The name Bar-le-duc refers to the geographical origin of the preparation in the French town of Bar-le-duc...
, or Lorraine jelly - "Sweet LorraineSweet Lorraine"Sweet Lorraine" is a song by the band Uriah Heep, first released on the album The Magician's Birthday. It was written by Mick Box, Gary Thain and David Byron. Sweet Lorraine reached #91 in the US. It is one of the better known songs by the band, famous, in part, for its Moog synthesizer solo,...
", a 1928 Burwell/Parish song