Lorena

Lorena

English

Etymology

From Italian and Spanish, by folk etymology associated with Laura. Henry Webster's title for his song was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's Lenore.

Proper noun

Lorena

1. A female given name from Italian.
   • 1856 Henry Webster - Joseph Webster, Lorena (song):

     We loved each other then, Lorena,

     More than we ever dared to tell;

     And what we might have been, Lorena,

     Had but our lovings prospered well --

   • 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter XLII, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, OCLC 1049770437; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, OCLC 20350211:

     She was named Ella Lorena, Ella for her grandmother Ellen, and Lorena because it was the most fashionable name of the day for girls,

Anagrams

• arenol, loaner, reloan

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Catalan

Proper noun

Lorena f

1. Lorraine (a historical region of France, now part of the region of Grand Est)

Holonyms

• Gran Est

Related terms

• lorenès

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loˈrɛ.na/, /loˈre.na/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛna, -ena
• Hyphenation: Lo‧rè‧na, Lo‧ré‧na

Proper noun

La Lorena

1. Lorraine (region)

Proper noun

Lorena f

1. a female given name

References

1. Lorena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /loˈɾẽ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /loˈɾẽ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /loˈɾe.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /luˈɾe.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: Lo‧re‧na

Proper noun

Lorena f

1. Lorraine (a region and former duchy in France)
2. a female given name
3. A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loˈɾena/ [loˈɾe.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: Lo‧re‧na

Proper noun

Lorena f

1. Lorraine (a region of France)
2. a female given name transferred from the place name, equivalent to English Lorraine

Related terms

• lorenés