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Lawrence
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English
Alternative forms
surname en Lieurance
Etymology
en :from Laurence
See en Laurence.
Pronunciation
en /ˈlɒ.ɹəns/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lawrence.wav Southern England
en /ˈlɔɹəns/ GA
en /ˈlɑɹəns/ NYC
en ɒɹəns ɔɹəns 2
Proper noun
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en male Latin, the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.; en Lauren
en 2003 Elise Title Inside Out: A Mystery 69 St.Martin's Minotaur 2003 0312285825 "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?"
en 31 May 2017 Aberdeen: Ash Taylor & Lawrence Shankland join players leaving Pittodrie https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40113519 BBC Sport Aberdeen have confirmed, external Ash Taylor and Lawrence Shankland will follow Ryan Jack, Niall McGinn and Peter Pawlett in leaving the club this summer. 2 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20210524151445/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40113519
en patronymics.
en 2007 John Dunning The Bookworm's Last Fling 321 Simon & Schuster 2007 1416523391 "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.
A placename:
en number of places c/USA:
en CDP twp:Suf/Chemung co/McHenry County s/Illinois.
en city co/Marion County s/Indiana.
en Jeff Wachter 40 Years After Unigov: Indianapolis and Marion County’s experience with consolidated government https://abell.org/publication/40-years-after-unigov/ https://abell.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ec-unigov514.pdf 2014-05 6 Abell Foundation 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20220817112007/https://abell.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ec-unigov514.pdf
en city/county seat co/Douglas County s/Kansas.
en A <<city>> in <<s/Massachusetts>>, and one of the two <<county seats>> of <<co/Essex County>>. TopoZone: Lawrence, Massachusetts
en Katharine Q. Seelye Heroin Epidemic Is Yielding to a Deadlier Cousin: Fentanyl w:The New York Times 2016-03-25 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/26/us/heroin-fentanyl.html 0362-4331 Two Lawrence men were indicted in June in connection with an extensive fentanyl and heroin distribution operation involving more than $1 million in drugs. https://web.archive.org/web/20210809095318/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/26/us/heroin-fentanyl.html
en twp/and/village therein, in co/Van Buren County s/Michigan.
en extinct village twp:Suf/St. Lawrence co/Scott County s/Minnesota.
en ucomm co/Newton County s/Mississippi.
en village co/Nuckolls County s/Nebraska.
en village town:pref/Hempstead co/Nassau County s/New York. TopoZone: Lawrence, Nassau Co., New York
en town co/St. Lawrence County s/New York.
en CDP twp:Suf/Cecil co/Washington County s/Pennsylvania.
en ucomm co/Kaufman County s/Texas.
en ucomm co/Emery County s/Utah.
en ucomm co/Whatcom County s/Washington.
en town co/Brown County s/Wisconsin.
en ucomm town:pref/Westfield co/Marquette County s/Wisconsin.
en town co/Rusk County s/Wisconsin.
en A number of other <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Lawrence Township.
en town carea/Clarence Valley s/New South Wales c/Australia.
en locality shire:Pref/Hepburn central western s/Victoria c/Australia.
en small town r/Otago c/New Zealand, named after Henry Montgomery Lawrence. NZ Topo Map
en US law sexuality US politics informal uncountable en 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.
en Eisenstadt Obergefell substantive due process
Derived terms
en Ayot St Lawrence Gulf of Saint Lawrence Larson lawrencate Lawrence Hill Lawrence syndrome Lawrence-Seip syndrome Lawrencean Lawrenceburg Lawrencetown Lawrenceville Lawrencian lawrencium Lawrenson Lawrentian Lawrie lazy Lawrence North Lawrence Saint Lawrence River St Lawrence St. Lawrence St. Lawrence County St. Lawrence Island St. Lawrence River Waltham St Lawrence Wick St Lawrence Wootton St Lawrence
Translations
male given name Laurence
References