Lourdes

American  

[loord, loordz, loord] / lʊərd, lʊərdz, lurd /

noun

1. a city in SW France: Roman Catholic shrine famed for miraculous cures.

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Lourdes British  

/ lurd /

noun

1. a town in SW France: a leading place of pilgrimage for Roman Catholics after a peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous, had visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858. Pop: 15 203 (1999)

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Example Sentences

"The two occupants of the second vehicle, a male and a female, were also taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, for medical treatment for non-life-threatening injuries."

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

Maria de Lourdes Alongi, a voter at the restaurant, needs no convincing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

The chief executive of L.A. city’s housing authority, Lourdes Castro Ramirez, said the agency would need 25 referrals a week, three times what it has historically received, to use its vouchers effectively.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025

Word of the vandalism began to spread on social media on Sunday, followed by a statement from the Bishop of Paisley John Keenan, who is currently in Lourdes.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

“My mother is sacred to me. I thank her for the little she did for us,” Lourdes says.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario