laura

¹

[lahv-rah, lah-vruh]

noun

Greek Orthodox Church.

1. a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.

Laura

²

[lawr-uh]

noun

1. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “laurel.”

Word History and Origins

Origin of laura¹

1720–30; < Medieval Greek laúra ( Greek: lane, passage)

Example Sentences

Opening batter Laura Wolvaardt was one of only three South Africa batters to reach double figures, smacking seven boundaries in the opening six overs to gift her side the perfect start before being removed for 31 by Megan Schutt, King taking the catch at mid-wicket.

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The full interview will be broadcast on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg at 0900 on Sunday 26 Oct 2025.

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Coming into the game, Oxtoby's side were without captain Simone Magill, Laura Rafferty, Ellie Mason and Brenna McPartlan through injury, with Rebecca Holloway suspended.

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Organized by Dan Nadel, Laura Phipps, Scott Rothkopf and Elisabeth Sussman with Kelly Long and Rowan Diaz-Toth, the show makes a bold attempt to reframe the artistic history of one of America’s most turbulent decades, arguing in the exhibition texts that “surreal tendencies were among the most important forces shaping contemporary art across the United States” in that period, and that “artists from diverse backgrounds took license from the wildness of the Surrealist imagination to express the psychosexual, fantastical, spiritual, strange and revolutionary qualities of their time.”

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Nicolas Roeg’s 1973 film and du Maurier’s original text share a Venetian setting and a central couple called John and Laura, who have come to the Italian city to recover from the recent death of their young daughter.

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