Laura
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈlɔːɹə//
- United States//lɑːɹə//
- United States//lɔːɹə//
A female given name from Latin.
proper noun
- 1
A female given name from Latin.
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.”
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.