Lorna
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Invented by R. D. Blackmore for his novel Lorna Doone, possibly from the Scottish place name Lorn(e) in Argyll.
Proper noun[edit]
Lorna
- A female given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.
- 1869, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, chapter 8, in Lorna Doone:
- "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."
Anagrams[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Lorna
- a female given name from Scottish Gaelic
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Lorna.
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Scottish Gaelic
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- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- Cebuano given names
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- Cebuano female given names from Scottish Gaelic