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
- 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,
 
 
- 1856 Henry Webster - Joseph Webster, Lorena (song):
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Holonyms
    
Related terms
    
- lorenès
Italian
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /loˈrɛ.na/, /loˈre.na/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛna, -ena
- Syllabification: Lo‧rè‧na, Lo‧ré‧na
References
    
- Lorena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Portuguese
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /loˈɾẽ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /loˈɾe.na/
 
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /luˈɾe.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: Lo‧re‧na
Proper noun
    
Lorena f
- Lorraine (a region and former duchy in France)
- a female given name
- A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil
Spanish
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /loˈɾena/ [loˈɾe.na]
- Rhymes: -ena
- Syllabification: Lo‧re‧na
Proper noun
    
Lorena f
- Lorraine (a region of France)
- a female given name transferred from the place name, equivalent to English Lorraine
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