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; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC:

     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

Catalan

Proper noun

Lorena f

1. Lorraine (a former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est)

Holonyms

• Alsàcia-Lorena
• Gran Est

Derived terms

• creu de Lorena

Related terms

• lorenès

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

La Lorena

1. Lorraine (a former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est)

Proper noun

Lorena f

1. a female given name

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 former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est)
2. a female given name
3. A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Lorena f

1. Lorraine (a former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est)
2. a female given name transferred from the place name, equivalent to English Lorraine

Related terms

• lorenés