Meanings
lafayette1
plural lafayettes
- The dollarfish.
- A fish, the goody or spot (Leiostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the United States.
Lafayette2
plural Lafayettes · alternative Fayette · alternative LaFayette · alternative laFayette · alternative la Fayette · alternative La Fayette · alternative deFayette · alternative de Fayette · alternative De Fayette · alternative DeFayette · alternative Defayette · alternative de la Fayette · alternative De La Fayette · alternative de La Fayette · alternative De la Fayette · alternative delaFayette
- countableuncountableGilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834), a French aristocrat who is considered a national hero in both France and the United States for his participation in the French and American revolutions.
- A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
- countableuncountableA city in Contra Costa County, California.
- countableuncountableA city and home rule municipality in Boulder County, Colorado.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
- countableuncountableA large city, the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
- countableuncountableA small city in Nicollet County, Minnesota.
- countableuncountableA village in Allen County, Ohio.
- countableuncountableA census-designated place in Madison County, Ohio.
- countableuncountableA city in Yamhill County, Oregon.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Macon County, Tennessee.
- countableuncountableA census-designated place in Montgomery County, Virginia.
- countableuncountableA town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
- countableuncountableA town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
- countableuncountableA town in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
- countableuncountableA number of townships in the United States, listed under Lafayette Township.
- countableA surname from French.
- UScountableA male given name transferred from the surname, originally in honor of the Marquis.
LaFayette3
plural LaFayettes
- A placename
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Chambers County, Alabama, United States.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Walker County, Georgia, United States.
- countableuncountableA home rule city in Christian County, Kentucky, United States.
- countableuncountableA town in Onondaga County, New York, United States.
Origin
French surname from Occitan, "the little beech tree".
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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