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  Lorraine may refer to:

toponymy
  • Lorraine (region)
    Lorraine (région)

    Lorraine is one of the 26 Regions of France of France. It is the only administrative region with two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy....
    , one of the 26 régions of France
  • Lotharingia
    Lotharingia

    Lotharingia or Duchy of Lorraine was a short-lived kingdom in western Europe, the aggregate of territories belonging to Lothair, King of Lotharingia , who received it in 855 from his Carolingian father, Lothair I , Carolingian Empire....
     or Lorraine, a short-lived kingdom in western Europe
    • Lower Lorraine
      Lower Lorraine

      The Duchy of Lower Lorraine or Lower Lotharingia encompassed part of modern-day Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany west of the Rhine, and a part of northern France ....
    • Upper Lorraine (Duchy of Lorraine), an independent duchy from around 910 to its partition in 959 (which became modern Lorraine (province)
      Lorraine (province)

      Lorraine is a historical area in present-day northeast France. Some of the main cities are Metz, France, Nancy and Verdun....
      )


  • Lorraine, Kansas
    Lorraine, Kansas

    Lorraine is a city in Ellsworth County, Kansas, Kansas, United States. The population was 136 at the 2000 United States Census....
    , U.S.
  • Lorraine, New York
    Lorraine, New York

    Lorraine is a town in Jefferson County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 930 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Lorraine , a region in France....
    , U.S.
  • Lorraine, Ontario, Canada
  • Lorraine, Quebec
    Lorraine, Quebec

    Lorraine is an off-island suburbs of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the North Shore of the Rivi?re des Mille-?les in the Th?r?se-de-Blainville Regional County Municipality, Quebec....
    , Canada
  • Lorraine, Devon, UK


given name
  • Lorraine (given name)
    Lorraine (given name)

    Lorraine is used as a feminine name, above all in the United States and Canada, after World War I, during which events brought Lorraine to the North American public imagination....


brands and products
  • Lorraine Motel, site of the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination
  • Lorraine (band)
    Lorraine (band)

    Lorraine are a 3-piece band from Bergen, Norway in Norway consisting of Ole Gunnar Gundersen , Anders Winsents and Paal Myran Haaland . They signed to the major record label RCA Records in 2007 after parting ways with Columbia Records....
    , a musical trio from Bergen, Norway
  • Lorraine (company), an aircraft engine manufacturing company in France
    • Lorraine (automobile)
      Lorraine (automobile)

      The Lorraine was an automobile built in both Grand Rapids, Michigan and Detroit, Michigan by the Lorraine Motors Corporation from 1920-22. The Lorraine was an assembled car that succeeded the Hackett ....
      , cars manufactured by Lorraine-Dietrich
      Lorraine-Dietrich

      Lorraine-Dietrich was a France automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer Soci?t? Lorraine des Anciens Etablissments de Dietrich and Cie branched into the manufacture of automobiles....
       between 1920 and 1935
    • Lorraine 37L
      Lorraine 37L

      The Lorraine 37L or Tracteur de ravitaillement pour chars 1937 L, was a light tracked armoured vehicle developed during the Interbellum by the Lorraine to a French Army requirement....
      , a military vehicle during World War II
  • French battleship Lorraine
    French battleship Lorraine

    The Lorraine was a French Navy battleship of the Bretagne class battleship named in honour of the region of Lorraine in France....
    , of World War II
  • Lorraine
    Amiga Corporation

    Amiga Corporation was a United States computer company formed in the early 1980s as Hi-Toro. It is most famous for having developed the Amiga computer, code named Lorraine....
     project code name used by Jay Miner
    Jay Miner

    Jay Glenn Miner , was a famous integrated circuit designer, known primarily for his work in multimedia chips and as the "father of the Amiga". He received a Bachelor of Science in EECS from UC Berkeley in 1959....
     to become the basis of Amiga computers
  • 1114 Lorraine
    1114 Lorraine

    1114 Lorraine is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Alexandre Schaumasse on November 17, 1928 at Nice, France, France. It was independently discovered a day later by L....
    , an asteroid


Variations


Lorain

  • Lorain, Ohio
    Lorain, Ohio

    Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in Northeast Ohio Ohio on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River , west of Cleveland, Ohio....
  • Lorain County, Ohio
    Lorain County, Ohio

    Lorain County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, and is considered to be a part of what is locally referred to as Greater Cleveland....
  • Lorain, Wisconsin
    Lorain, Wisconsin

    Lorain is a town in Polk County, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 328 at the 2000 census....
  • Lorain, Pennsylvania
    Lorain, Pennsylvania

    Lorain is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area....


Loraine

  • Loraine, Illinois
    Loraine, Illinois

    Loraine is a village in Adams County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. The population was 363 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Quincy, Illinois, IL–Missouri Quincy micropolitan area....
  • Loraine, North Dakota
    Loraine, North Dakota

    Loraine is a city in Renville County, North Dakota, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 19 at the 2000 United States Census. It is part of the Minot, North Dakota Minot micropolitan area....
  • Loraine, Texas
    Loraine, Texas

    Loraine is a town in Mitchell County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 656 at the 2000 United States Census....
  • Eustace Loraine
    Eustace Loraine

    Eustace Broke Loraine was a pioneer British aviator and the first Royal Flying Corps officer to be killed in an aircraft crash.Eustace Loraine was the first child of Rear-Admiral Sir Lambton Loraine, Loraine Baronets and his wife Frederica Mary Horatia ....
    , pioneer British aviator
  • Loraine Wyman
    Loraine Wyman

    Loraine Wyman was an American folksinger, Appalachian dulcimer player, and music collector. She co-edited with Howard Brockway two collections of folk music....
    , American folk musician (1885-1937)
  • Loraine Hotel, New condo from 1920's hotel (Madison, Wisconsin)


Lorrain

  • Lorrain language
    Lorrain language

    Lorrain is a language spoken by a minority of people in Lorraine in France and in Gaume in Belgium. It is one of the Langues d'o?l. It is classified as a languages of France, and has the recognised status of a regional language of Wallonia ....
  • Claude Lorrain
    Claude Lorrain

    Claude Lorrain was an artist of the Baroque Painting era who was active in Italy, and is admired for his achievements in landscape painting....
    , (Claude Gelee, ca. 1600 - 1682), a baroque French painter


See also

  • "Sweet Lorraine
    Sweet Lorraine

    "Sweet Lorraine" is a song by the band Uriah Heep , first released on the album The Magician's Birthday. It was written by Mick Box, Gary Thain and David Byron....
    " (1928 Burwell, Parish song)