Laurel
See also: laurel
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒɹəl
Noun
Laurel (plural Laurels)
- (Mormonism) Formerly a 16- to 17-year-old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.
Translations
Proper noun
Laurel
- A female or male given name from English from the laurel plant.
- 1972, Eudora Welty, The Optimist's Daughter, Random House, →ISBN, page 27:
- "What on earth made Becky give you a name like that?" she'd asked Laurel, on that first occasion.
"It's the state flower of West Virginia," Laurel told her, smiling. "Where my mother came from."
- A surname from Spanish.
- A municipality of the Philippines; named for Miguel Laurel.
- A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A ghost town in Santa Cruz County, California.
- A neighborhood of Oakland, California.
- A town in Delaware; named for the laurel bushes growing in the area.
- A census-designated place in Florida.
- A town in Indiana; named for the city in Maryland.
- A city in Iowa; named for the community in Ohio.
- A city in Maryland.
- A city in and one of the two county seats of Jones County, Mississippi; named for the laurel thickets in the area.
- A city in Montana; named for the laurel bushes growing in the area.
- A city in Nebraska; named for early settler Laura Martin.
- A hamlet in New York.
- An unincorporated community in Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Oregon; named for the trees growing in the area, thought to be laurels (later identified as madrones).
- An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
- A census-designated place in Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Washington.
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
- A river flowing from Lake, Kentucky into the Cumberland at Corbin, Kentucky.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Laurel is the 14920th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1984 individuals. Laurel is most common among Hispanic/Latino (49.60%), White (22.53%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (16.18%) individuals.
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish Laurel, from laurel. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos . Doublet of laurel.
The municipality in Batangas is named after Jose P. Laurel, 3rd President of the Philippines.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lawˈɾel/, [l̪aʊ̯ˈɾ̪il̪]
- Hyphenation: La‧u‧rel
Proper noun
Laurel (Badlit spelling ᜎᜂᜇᜒᜎ᜔)
- a surname from Spanish [in turn transferred from the common noun], mostly found in Cebu
- A municipality of Batangas, Philippines
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lauˈɾel/ [lau̯ˈɾel]
- Rhymes: -el
- Syllabification: Lau‧rel
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Laurel, from laurel. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .
The municipality in Batangas is named after Jose P. Laurel, 3rd President of the Philippines.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lawˈɾel/, [laʊ̯ˈɾɛl]
- Hyphenation: La‧u‧rel
Proper noun
Laurél (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏ᜔ᜇᜒᜎ᜔)
- a surname from Spanish [in turn transferred from the common noun], common in Metro Manila, Batangas, Laguna and Quezon
- Laurel (a municipality of Batangas, Philippines)
- A barangay of Tanauan, Batangas, Philippines
- A barangay of San Pascual, Batangas, Philippines
- A barangay of Taysan, Batangas, Philippines
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