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Lawrence en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈlɔɹəns/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈlɒ.ɹəns/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈlɑɹəns/ (New-York-City)

Etymology

See Laurence.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A male given name from Latin, the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.; masculine of Lauren
    • "I named him Lawrence. After my father. Pete, that's my husband, he never really liked the name Lawrence. He thought it wasn't very..." she shut her eyes for a moment, shaking her head slowly, "...very masculine." She opened her eyes and smiled ruefully. " That's a good one, isn't it?" 2003, Elise Title, Inside Out: A Mystery, St.Martin's Minotaur, published 2003, →ISBN, page 69:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
    • "My name is Richard Lawrence." Candice thought he had a storybook name. Like Lawrence of Arabia, she said, but what she always called him was Ricky. Just a jump away from Tricky Dicky. 2007, John Dunning, The Bookworm's Last Fling, Simon & Schuster, published 2007, →ISBN, page 321:
  3. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Chemung Township, McHenry County, Illinois.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Marion County, Indiana.
    • A couple of broad ideas they determined included converting Indianapolis into a single, countywide government led by a strong mayor, and, for political purposes, omitting the school districts and the cities of Beech Grove, Lawrence, Southport and Speedway from any consolidation efforts. 2014 May 14, Jeff Wachter, “40 Years After Unigov: Indianapolis and Marion County’s experience with consolidated government”, in Abell Foundation, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2022, page 6:
  5. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Massachusetts, and one of the two county seats of Essex County.
    • Two Lawrence men were indicted in June in connection with an extensive fentanyl and heroin distribution operation involving more than $1 million in drugs. 2016 March 25, Katharine Q. Seelye, “Heroin Epidemic Is Yielding to a Deadlier Cousin: Fentanyl”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2021:
  7. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township and village therein, in Van Buren County, Michigan.
  8. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An extinct village in St. Lawrence Township, Scott County, Minnesota.
  9. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Newton County, Mississippi.
  10. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
  11. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York.
  12. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in St. Lawrence County, New York.
  13. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Cecil Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  14. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Kaufman County, Texas.
  15. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Emery County, Utah.
  16. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Whatcom County, Washington.
  17. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Brown County, Wisconsin.
  18. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in the town of Westfield, Marquette County, Wisconsin.
  19. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
  20. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Lawrence Township.
  21. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A town in Clarence Valley council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  22. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locality in the Shire of Hepburn, central western Victoria, Australia.
  23. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A small town in Otago, New Zealand, named after Henry Montgomery Lawrence.
  24. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of Lawrence v. Texas, a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex sexual relations; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Lawrences Number=Plur lexicographic
Lieurance alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

Eisenstadt · substantive due process · Obergefell

Deriveds

lawrencium · Larson · lawrencate · Lawrencian · Wick St Lawrence · Saint Lawrence River · Lawrenson · Lawrencean · Lawrenceburg · lazy Lawrence · Lawrence syndrome · St. Lawrence River · Lawrie · Gulf of Saint Lawrence · Ayot St Lawrence · St. Lawrence County · Lawrence-Seip syndrome · St. Lawrence Island · St. Lawrence · Wootton St Lawrence · Waltham St Lawrence · Lawrence Hill · Lawrentian · St Lawrence · Lawrencetown · North Lawrence