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Lorne en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A male given name.
2. (countable, uncountable) A surname
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of Marquess of Lorne.
   alt of Marquess of Lorne
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of Marquess of Lorne. ▸ Ellipsis of Lord Lorne, Governor General of Canada (1878–1883): John Campbell (1845–1914), the Marquess of Lorne (1847–1900), 9th Duke of Argyll (1900–1914).
   alt of Governor General of Canada
   alt of Lord Lorne
5. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in Australia: ▸ A town in Victoria, Australia.
6. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in Australia: ▸ A lake in Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, Australia; in full, Lake Lorne.
7. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in Australia: ▸ A village in Camden Haven, New South Wales, Australia.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in Canada: ▸ Ellipsis of Rural Municipality of Lorne: a rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
   alt of Rural Municipality of Lorne
9. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in Canada: ▸ A district of the county of Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada.
10. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in Canada: ▸ A parish of the county of Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada; in full, Lorne Parish.
11. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in Canada: ▸ A hill in Yukon, Canada; in full, Mount Lorne.
12. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in Scotland, United Kingdom: ▸ Ellipsis of Firth of Lorne: a firth between the Isle of Mull and mainland Scotland, United Kingdom.
    alt of Firth of Lorne
13. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in Scotland, United Kingdom: ▸ A former province, a district of Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom.
14. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in the township of Minnesota Falls, county of Yellow Medicine, Minnesota, United States.
15. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in the county of Caroline, Virginia, United States.

Forms

Deriveds

Lorne sausage · Lake Lorne · Mount Lorne · Lorne Parish · Lorne Lake · Lorne Mountain · Parish of Lorne · Rural Municipality of Lorne · Municipality of Lorne · Lorneville · Lorne Municipality · Lorne Rural Municipality · Firth of Lorne

Relateds

Loren · Lorna · Lorn