Lourdes
See also: lourdes
English
Etymology
From 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.
The town in Newfoundland is named after the town in France.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /lʊɹd(z)/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lʊəd(z)/
- Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)d, -ʊə(ɹ)dz
Proper noun
Lourdes
- A town in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie in the French Pyrenees, and site of a large Catholic pilgrimage.
- A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- A female given name from Spanish, from the Spanish epithet of Virgin Mary as Nuestra Señora de Lourdes.
Derived terms
Translations
a town in the Pyrenees
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.
Etymology 2
After the Our Lady of Lourdes.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Lourdes.
French
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /lo(w)ʁ.d͡ʒis/ [lo(ʊ̯)ɦ.d͡ʒis]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /lo(w)ɾ.d͡ʒis/ [lo(ʊ̯)ɾ.d͡ʒis]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /lo(w)ʁ.d͡ʒiʃ/ [lo(ʊ̯)ʁ.d͡ʒiʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /lo(w)ɻ.des/ [lo(ʊ̯)ɻ.des]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /lo(w)ɾ.dɨʃ/ [lo(w)ɾ.ðɨʃ]
- Hyphenation: Lour‧des
Spanish
Etymology
Shortened from María (de) Lourdes, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Lourdes".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈluɾdes/ [ˈluɾ.ð̞es]
- Rhymes: -uɾdes
Tagalog
Etymology
Spanish Lourdes, after Nuestra Señora de Lourdes (“Our Lady of Lourdes”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈluɾdes/ [ˈluɾ.dɛs]
- Rhymes: -uɾdes
- Syllabification: Lour‧des
Proper noun
Lourdes (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔)
- a female given name from Spanish [in turn from place name]
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