Loretta
[ luh-ret-uh, law-, loh- ]
noun
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Also Lo·rette [luh-ret, law-, loh-]. /ləˈrɛt, lɔ-, loʊ-/.
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How to use Loretta in a sentence
The French cemetery at Notre Dame de Lorette has 20,000 named graves and an ossuary with 20,000 unknown dead.
Geoff Dyer's 'The Missing of the Somme' Reconsidered | Louisa Thomas | November 11, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTBut he presented Fabien du Ronceret to her and the "lorette" married him.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheAmong the new arrivals was Lorette Sanford, a beautiful little trick of a girl.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyAll the tragedy and all the heroism which Notre Dame de Lorette symbolizes rose up before the mind.
The King's Pilgrimage | Frank FoxHe had often wandered for months with some of the young Hurons of Lorette in quest of the deer and the bison.
The Bastonnais | John Lesperance
You notice by the side of the name a cross; this shows the position of the church of Our Lady of Lorette.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 4 (of 10) | James Edward Parrott
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