Lorraine
/ləˈɹeɪn/
Lorraine proper noun: a cultural region, former administrative region, and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est region.
Proper noun
Lorraine
- A cultural region, former administrative region, and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est region.
- A female given name transferred from the place name, associated with Laura by folk etymology.
- A surname.
Lorraine meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi and Arabic
Lorraine in Hindi
- former region in Grand Est, France
- लोरेन loren
Lorraine in Marathi
- former region in Grand Est, France
- लोरेन loren
Lorraine in Punjabi
- former region in Grand Est, France
- ਲੋਰੈਨ lorain
Lorraine in Arabic
- former region in Grand Est, France
- لُورْيِّن lūryyin
More languagesFewer languages
- Lorraine in Malay
- Lorraine
- Lorraine in Indonesian
- Lorraine
- Lorraine in Persian
- لورن lorên
- Lorraine in Thai
- ลอแรน lɔɔ-rɛɛn
- Lorraine in Vietnamese
- Lorraine
Synonyms of Lorraine
Origin of Lorraine
Inherited from Middle English Loreyne, from Old French Loherraine, from loherenc (“Lotharingian”); compare Early Medieval Latin Lotharingia (ultimately named for Lothair II, who ruled it); compare Lotharingia, German Lothringen.
Words formed from Lorraine
Phrases with Lorraine
Words that rhyme with Lorraine
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- drain
- pane
- gain
- main
- sustain
- vein
- entertain
- skein
- Wayne
- abstain
- bane
- campaign
- champagne
- crane
- entrain
- fain
- insane
- maine
- pain
- plane
- stain
- wane
- Aquitaine
- ascertain
- chicane
- contain
- detain
- explain
- maintain
- mundane
- obtain
- refrain
- remain
- vane
- amain
- arcane
- Blaine
- complain
- deign
- detrain
- distrain
- kane
- ordain
- pertain
- profane
- public domain
- reign
- swain
Questions about Lorraine
- What does Lorraine mean?
- Lorraine means a cultural region, former administrative region, and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est region.
- What is Lorraine in Hindi?
- Lorraine in Hindi is लोरेन (loren). See Lorraine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Lorraine?
- Lorraine is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Lorraine?
- Lorraine is pronounced /ləˈɹeɪn/.
Words near Lorraine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Lorraine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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