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Lorna

Lorna proper noun: a female given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.

Proper noun

Lorna

  1. A female given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.
    • "Lorna Doone," she answered in a low voice as if afraid of it, and hanging her head, so that I could see only her forehead and eyelashes; "if you please, my name is Lorna Doone; and I thought you must have known it."1869, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, chapter 8, in Lorna Doone

Origin of Lorna

Coined by English novelist R. D. Blackmore in 1869 for his novel Lorna Doone, possibly from the Scottish place name Lorn(e) in Argyll.

Questions about Lorna

What does Lorna mean?
Lorna means a female given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.
What part of speech is Lorna?
Lorna is a proper noun.

Words near Lorna in the dictionary

  1. Lormands
  2. lormery
  3. lormetazepam
  4. Lormont
  5. lorn
  6. Lorna
  7. Lorne
  8. Lorne sausage
  9. Lorne sausages
  10. lorner
  11. Lornes

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