Laurel
Girl's botanical name
Laurel is a given name for women, evoking the plant associated with victory and honor.
It also appears in place names across the United States: Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles, Laurel, Maryland.
The comedy duo Laurel and Hardy featured Stan Laurel. (Lowercase laurel is the plant or a symbol of achievement.)
place
Deep river-cut gorge
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- hillsLow natural elevations
- MarylandMid-Atlantic U.S. state
- MississippiSouthern state or major river
name
Pertaining to women
- given namePersonal name from birth
- namesakeOne sharing another's name
- botanical nameFormal plant classification term
- baby nameChosen title for newborn
canyon
Deep river-cut gorge
Mississippi · Delaware · Montana · Nebraska · suburb · city · town
feminine
Pertaining to women
- given namePersonal name from birth
- namesakeOne sharing another's name
- botanical nameFormal plant classification term
Hardy
Name connoting toughness
- Howard CountyColumbia, Savage, Jessup, Clarksville, Fulton
- Botanical NamesBasil, Birch, Clover, Cypress, Dahlia
- Mid-Atlantic PlacesPhiladelphia, Baltimore, Washington D.C., Wilmington, Trenton
- Southern TownsSavannah, Charleston, Natchez, New Orleans, Mobile
- Nature NamesLily, Ivy, Fern, Hazel, Olive
- Philippine historypresidents, Spanish rule, vice president, revolutionaries, Imelda
- resting on one's laurelsRelying on past accomplishments
- poet laureateOfficial state verse maker
- rest on one's laurelsStop improving after success
- laurel wreathWoven leaves honoring champions
- Laurel and HardyContrasting comedic film partners
- sit on one's laurelsRest on past achievements
Laurel and Hardy, laurels, laureate, baccalaureate, laureateship, laureled, laurelled, poet laureate