Laura
Appearance
Laura may refer to:
People
- Laura (name), a female given name. It means crowned with Laurel.
Places
- Australia
- Laura, Queensland, a town
- Laura River (Queensland), its river
- Laura, South Australia
- Canada
- 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
- United States
- Laura, Illinois
- Laura, Kentucky, a city
- Laura, Ohio, a small village
Movies
- Laura (1944 film), an American film noir directed by Otto Preminger and starring Gene Tierney
- Laura (1979 film)
Music
- Songs
- "Laura" (1945 song), a song by David Raksin and Johnny Mercer adapted from the 1944 film's theme
- "Laura" is a 1987 song from the British band "Fields of the Nephilim"
- "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 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", a 1986 song composed by Jean-Jacques Goldman
- "Laura's Dream", a song by Ástor Piazzolla from the album The New Tango
- "Laura is Away", a song by Nek
- "Laura no esta", a song by Nek
- "Think of Laura", a song by the American singer/songwriter Christopher Cross in 1983
- "Tell Laura I Love Her", a song by Ricky Valance in 1960
- "Laura", a song by Jimmy Nail in 1992
- "Laura", a song by Nick Heyward from Haircut 100 in 1985
- "Laura Laurent", a song by indie rock group Bright Eyes (band)
- "Landlocked Blues", another song referencing Laura, by Bright Eyes (band)
- "Laura", a song by indie rock group Girls (band)
- "Goodnight Laura", a song by indie band Spoon in 2010
- "Hey Laura", a song by Single File
- "Party in a Forest (Where's Laura?), a song by The Wombats
- "It's Laura's fault", Veggie Tales
- Albums
- "Laura" is a 1992 compilation from the British band "Field of the Nephilim"
- Laura (Laura Pausini album), 1994 studio album by Italian singer–songwriter Laura Pausini
- Laura (Menudo album)
- Laura, a 2004 album by Troy Gregory
- Bands
- Laura (band), an Australian post-rock band
- Oh Laura, a Swedish indie band formerly known as Laura
Other
- Laura or Lavra (Greek: Λαύρα, Cyrillic: Лавра), a cluster of cells or caves used by hermits
- Laura (clothing retailer), a chain of Canadian women's fashions
- Laura (novel), detective novel by Vera Caspary
- 467 Laura, an asteroid
- Škoda Laura, a small family car
- Aichi E11A Imperial Japanese Navy flying boat code-named "Laura" by the allies
- Laura (Giorgione), a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giorgione
- SS Laura, a Danish coaster in service 1908-17