Laura

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Laura
California laurel
Gender	Female
Meaning	Laurel
Origin	Italy
Related names	Lauren, Laurie, Lawrence, Laurel
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with "Laura"

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Laura is a female name deriving from the feminine form of the Latin word for laurel (laurus). According to the Social Security Administration of the U.S., it was among the top 50 names for female babies for much of the early 20th century in the United States, but dropped to top 100-120 in the 1930s-40s, then rebounded to the top 20 in 1984-1986, and has since steadily decreased in popularity. ^[1]

Contents 1 Places 2 Non-fictional persons 3 Fictional characters 4 Other 4.1 Music 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Places

Australia

• Laura, Queensland, a town
• Laura River (Queensland), its river
• Laura, South Australia

Canada

• Laura, Saskatchewan

Marshall Islands

• Laura, Marshall Islands, an island town in the Majuro Atoll of the Marshall Islands

Poland

• Laura, Silesian Voivodeship, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland

Ukraine; Romania

• Laura River

United States

• Laura, Illinois
• Laura, Kentucky, a city
• Laura, Ohio, a small village

[edit] Non-fictional persons

• Laura, the subject of love poetry by Petrarch
• Laura Schlessinger, radio talk show host known as Dr. Laura
• Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of Little House on the Prairie

[edit] Fictional characters

• Laura of Luke and Laura Spencer, characters on the soap opera General Hospital
• Laura, the protagonist of Japanese developer WARP's video games, see D (series)
• Laura Winslow, a fictional from the American sitcom Family Matters

[edit] Other

• Laura or Lavra (Greek: Λαύρα, Cyrillic: Лавра), a cluster of cells or caves used by hermits
• Laura (clothing), a chain of Canadian women's fashions
• Laura (novel), detective novel by Vera Caspary
• 467 Laura, an asteroid
• Škoda Laura, a small family car
• Laura, Silesian Voivodeship (south Poland)
• Laura (film) (1944) is an American film noir directed by Otto Preminger and starring Gene Tierney

[edit] Music

Songs

• "Laura" (1945 song), adapted from the 1944 film's theme
• "Laura," a parody of the 1945 song performed by Spike Jones and His Other Orchestra
• "Laura" (Scissor Sisters song), the first charting single by American alternative band Scissor Sisters in 2003
• "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)", a 1976 song by Kenny Rogers
• "Laura Non C'è", a hit song by the Italian singer Nek in 1997
• "Laura", a song performed by Billy Joel on his album The Nylon Curtain
• "Laura", a song by the Celtic-Punk band Flogging Molly
• "Laura", a song by the British shoegazing band Lush
• "Laura", a song by the tejano band Mazz
• "Laura's Theme", a musical cue written for the film Dr. Zhivago (1956) by composer Maurice Jarre
• "Laura", a 1986 song composed by Jean-Jacques Goldman

Albums

• Laura (Laura Pausini album), 1994 studio album by Italian singer–songwriter Laura Pausini
• Laura (Troy Gregory album), a 2004 album by Troy Gregory

Bands

• Laura (band), an Australian post-rock band
• Oh Laura, a Swedish indie band formerly known as Laura

[edit] See also

• Lauren
• Laureano

[edit] References

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