Meanings
proper noun
- A female given name.
The legislation is named after Laken Riley, a 22-year old Georgia student who was killed last year while out for a run. An undocumented migrant from Venezuela was convicted and sentenced to life without parole in the case that reignited a national debate over immigration and crime.
2025 January 22, Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Priscilla Alvarez, “Congress passes immigrant detention bill in first legislative win for Trump”, in CNN
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APA
Laken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Laken
MLA
“Laken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Laken. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Laken,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Laken.
Source: Laken on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.