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• laura
  laura

  noun

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

  noun

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

laura

¹ American  

[lahv-rah, lah-vruh] / ˈlɑv rɑ, ˈlɑ vrə /

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.

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Laura ² American  

[lawr-uh] / ˈlɔr ə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of laura

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

Example Sentences

We live where it suits us, Laura. laura.

From Possession A Peep-Show in Paradise by Housman, Laurence

Yes, and am still: stark, staring, raving, mad, like all the rest of you. laura.

From Possession A Peep-Show in Paradise by Housman, Laurence

And on the way she met little Dorothy Jones, and she took her gloves off her, and came back with them just as if they were her own. laura.

From Possession A Peep-Show in Paradise by Housman, Laurence

I hope you will do nothing of the sort. laura.

From Possession A Peep-Show in Paradise by Housman, Laurence

Oh, she's—— What do you want me to think? laura.

From Possession A Peep-Show in Paradise by Housman, Laurence