Lourdes

See also: lourdes

English

Etymology

French Lourdes, corruption of Medieval Latin Lorus (778), the baptismal name taken by a Moorish leader who converted to Christianity, though of unknown ultimate meaning.

Proper noun

Lourdes

  1. A town in the French Pyrenees, and site of a large Catholic pilgrimage
  2. A female given name, from the Spanish epithet of Virgin Mary as Nuestra Señora de Lourdes.

Translations

References

  • Begg, Ean (2017): The Cult of the Black Virgin

Anagrams


Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Spanish Lourdes, from Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, from French Lourdes, from Medieval Latin Lorus.

Proper noun

Lourdes

  1. a female given name

Etymology 2

After the Our Lady of Lourdes.

Proper noun

Lourdes

  1. a barangay in Bogo, Cebu, Philippines

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Lourdes.


Portuguese

Proper noun

Lourdes

  1. A female given name.
  2. Lourdes (municipality of the state of São Paulo, Brazil)

Spanish

Etymology

Shortened from María (de) Lourdes, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Lourdes".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlurdes/, [ˈlurðes]

Proper noun

Lourdes f

  1. A female given name.
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