laura
/ˈlɔɹə/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.24 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from Latin.
noun
A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior
Example Sentences
- "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;"
- "Laura was saying something. A mellifluous name, he thought. I wish she were far away, so I could call her."
- "'Mine's Laura'./ 'A beautiful name.'/ Laura has never liked her name. It's too old-fashioned and has, to her mind, a slightly whiny sound, like the twang of a country and western guitar. In fact she was given the name because Michelle liked the song 'Tell Laura I Love Her'."
- "The request for a retraction centers around an October 28 segment on Laura Ingraham’s prime time show, “The Ingraham Angle.”"
- "The solitaries of the Thebaid found that they became selfish wild beasts, or went mad, if they remained alone; and they formed themselves into lauras, 'lanes' of huts, convents, under a common abbot or father."
- "There were the cenobia, or monasteries proper, where the life was according to the lines laid down by St Basil; and there were the lauras, wherein a semi-eremitical life was followed, the monks living in separate huts within the enclosure."
Etymology
From Late Latin saint's name Laura, from the feminine form of laurus (“laurel tree”). A post-classical name made famous by Petrarch's sonnets to Laura in the fourteenth century.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, laura, λαύρα
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /lɑːɹə/
- British English: /ˈlɔːɹə/