Lorne

L1O1R1N1E1

proper noun

A male given name.

Less commonScrabble 5

Meanings

proper nounLorne (countable and uncountable, plural Lornes)

plural Lornes

  1. countableuncountableA male given name.
  2. countableuncountableA surname
  3. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Marquess of Lorne.
    1. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Lord Lorne, Governor General of Canada (1878–1883): John Campbell (1845–1914), the Marquess of Lorne (1847–1900), 9th Duke of Argyll (1900–1914).
  4. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA town in Victoria, Australia.
    2. countableuncountableA lake in Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, Australia; in full, Lake Lorne.
    3. countableuncountableA village in Camden Haven, New South Wales, Australia.
    4. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Rural Municipality of Lorne: a rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
    5. countableuncountableA district of the county of Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada.
    6. countableuncountableA parish of the county of Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada; in full, Lorne Parish.
    7. countableuncountableA hill in Yukon, Canada; in full, Mount Lorne.
    8. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Firth of Lorne: a firth between the Isle of Mull and mainland Scotland, United Kingdom.
    9. countableuncountableA former province, a district of Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom.
    10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in the township of Minnesota Falls, county of Yellow Medicine, Minnesota, United States.
    11. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in the county of Caroline, Virginia, United States.

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APA

Lorne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lorne

MLA

“Lorne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lorne. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lorne,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lorne.

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