Lorraine

Lorraine

Lorraine may refer to:

;toponymy
* Lorraine (region), one of the 26 régions of France
* Lotharingia or Lorraine, a short-lived kingdom in western Europe
** Lower Lorraine
** Upper Lorraine (Duchy of Lorraine), an independent duchy from around 910 to its partition in 959 (which became modern Lorraine (province))

* Lorraine, Kansas, U.S.
* Lorraine, New York, U.S.
* Lorraine, Ontario, Canada
* Lorraine, Quebec, Canada
* Lorraine, Devon, UK

;given name
* Lorraine (given name)

;brands and products
* Lorraine Motel, site of the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination
* Lorraine (band), a musical trio from Bergen, Norway
* Lorraine (company), an aircraft engine manufacturing company in France
**Lorraine (automobile), cars manufactured by Lorraine-Dietrich between 1920 and 1935
**Lorraine 37L, a military vehicle during World War II
* French battleship "Lorraine", of World War II
* Lorraine project code name used by Jay Miner to become the basis of Amiga computers
* 1114 Lorraine, an asteroid

Variations

Lorain

* Lorain, Ohio
* Lorain County, Ohio
* Lorain, Wisconsin
* Lorain, Pennsylvania

Loraine

* Loraine, Illinois
* Loraine, North Dakota
* Loraine, Texas
* Eustace Loraine, pioneer British aviator
* Loraine Wyman, American folk musician (1885-1937)
* Loraine Hotel, New condo from 1920's hotel (Madison, Wisconsin)

Lorrain

* Lorrain language
* Claude Lorrain, (Claude Gelee, ca. 1600 - 1682), a baroque French painter

ee also

* "Sweet Lorraine" (1928 Burwell, Parish song)


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  • Lorraine — • By the Treaty of Verdun in 843, the empire of Charlemagne was divided in three parts: Ludwig the German received Eastern Franconia; Charles the Bald, Western Franconia; and Lothair I, the strip of land lying between the two and reaching from… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • LORRAINE — La région Lorraine tire son nom de l’ancien État de Lotharingie. Elle se compose de quatre départements: Meurthe et Moselle, Meuse, Moselle et Vosges, couvrant 23 540 km2 (densité: 98 hab./km2 en 1982). La Lorraine est une des plus importantes… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Lorraine — ist ein Name, siehe Lorraine (Name) geographisch: eine Region (Verwaltungseinheit) Frankreichs, siehe Lothringen Lorraine (Bern), Stadtteils der Stadt Bern AS Nancy Lorraine Flughafen Lorraine TGV, TGV Bahnhof Lorraine Motel, Ort des Attentates… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lorraine 12 Eb — Logo de Lorraine Dietrich Constructeur Lorraine Dietrich Premier vol 1922 Utilisation Potez 25 Levasseur PL.4 Levasseur PL.8 (L Oiseau blanc …   Wikipédia en Français

  • LORRAINE — (Heb. לוֹתִיר), region in E. France, formerly Lotharingia. Although the region of Mainz Speyer did not form part of Lotharingia, the Hebrew sources use Gedolei Lotar to denote not only gershom b. judah , who was born either in Metz or Mainz, but… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Lorraine — f English and Scottish: transferred use of the surname, denoting a migrant from the province of Lorraine in eastern France. This derives its name from Latin Lotharingia ‘territory of the people of Lothar’ (see LOTHAR (SEE Lothar)). Lorraine began …   First names dictionary

  • Lorraine — Lorraine, KS U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 136 Housing Units (2000): 66 Land area (2000): 0.236591 sq. miles (0.612769 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.236591 sq. miles (0.612769 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Lorraine, KS — U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 136 Housing Units (2000): 66 Land area (2000): 0.236591 sq. miles (0.612769 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.236591 sq. miles (0.612769 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Lorraine — Lorraine1 [lô rān′] n. [Fr] a feminine name Lorraine2 [lō̂ ren′] 1. historical region of NE France: see ALSACE LORRAINE 2. metropolitan region of modern France in the same general area: 9,092 sq mi (23,548 sq km); pop. 2,306,000; chief city,… …   English World dictionary

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