Meanings
proper noun
- A town and commune of Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitania, site of a large Catholic pilgrimage.
- A municipality in São Paulo state, Brazil.
- A municipality and town in Norte de Santander department, Colombia.
- A settlement in Alto Paraguay department, Paraguay.
- A female given name from Spanish, from the Spanish epithet of Virgin Mary as Nuestra Señora de Lourdes.
Origin
- Medieval LatinLorus
- FrenchLourdes
- EnglishLourdes
From French Lourdes, corruption of Medieval Latin Lorus (778), the baptismal name taken by a Moorish leader who converted to Christianity, though of unknown ultimate meaning. The town in Newfoundland is named after the town in France.
More words from French, Medieval Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French Lourdes
- Lourdesa town in the Pyrenees
Latin Lapurdum
- Lapurduma town in the Pyrenees
Polish Lourdes
- Lourdesa town in the Pyrenees
Spanish (María de) Lourdes
- (María de) Lourdesfemale given name
Vietnamese Lộ Đức
- Lộ Đứca town in the Pyrenees
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Lourdes
All rhymes →Sounds the same
lured (yod-dropping, when pronounced without /z/)lord (pour–poor merger, when pronounced without /z/)lords (pour–poor merger, when pronounced with /z/)laud (non-rhotic, pour–poor merger, when pronounced without /z/)lauds (non-rhotic, pour–poor merger, when pronounced with /z/)
Cite this entry
APA
Lourdes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lourdes
MLA
“Lourdes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lourdes. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lourdes,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lourdes.
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