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Is laura a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word laura is a Scrabble US word. The word laura is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is laura a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word laura is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

AURAL,LAURA,

4-letter words (3 found)

ALAR,AULA,AURA,

3-letter words (6 found)

AAL,ALA,ALU,AUA,LAR,LUR,

2-letter words (5 found)

AA,AL,AR,LA,UR,

You can make 16 words from laura according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of laura

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Definitions and meaning of laura

laura

English

Alternative forms

  • lavra

Etymology

From the Late Latin laura, from Ancient Greek λαύρα (laúra, “lane, path”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɔɹə/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɔːɹə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹə

Noun

laura (plural lauras or laurae)

  1. (historical, Roman Catholicism) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior
  2. (historical, Eastern Orthodox Church) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.

Translations

Anagrams

  • aural

Basque

Adjective

laura

  1. allative inanimate singular of lau

Noun

laura

  1. allative singular of lau

Numeral

laura

  1. allative singular of lau

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔ.ʁa/

Verb

laura

  1. third-person singular past historic of laurer

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlau̯.ra/, [ˈɫ̪äu̯rä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlau̯.ra/, [ˈläːu̯rä]

Etymology 1

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Noun

laura f (genitive laurae); first declension

  1. Egyptian rue (Ruta angustifolia)
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Declension

First-declension noun.

References

  • laura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 894/1.

Etymology 2

From the Ancient Greek λαύρα (laúra).

Noun

laura f (genitive laurae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) monastery, convent, laura
Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants
  • → English: laura
  • → Italian: laura
  • → Sicilian: laura

References

  • laura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “Laura” on page 404 of Domenico Magri’s Hierolexicon, ſive Sacrum Dictionarium (editio omnium recentissima, augmented by Stefano Sciugliaga, 1765)

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