Lawrence

City near Topeka

Lawrence is a given name, traditionally masculine, borne by various historical figures including T.E.

Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) and the author D.H.

Lawrence.

It also names several cities in the United States, notably in Kansas and Massachusetts.

The name derives from the Latin Laurentius, meaning "from Laurentum."

places

Kansas

Central American plains state

Missouri · Illinois · Ohio · Alabama · Arkansas · South Dakota · Berkeley · Livermore · township · county

literary

novelist

Writer of prose narratives

Lady Chatterley · Eastwood · Nottingham · modernism · censorship · obscenity · Frieda · sexuality · industrialism · vitalism

arabia

Bedouin

Middle Eastern nomadic herder

  • OttomanMember of Turkish dynasty
  • desertTo leave behind completely
  • revoltOrganized resistance to power

Damascus · guerrilla · archaeology · Oxford · motorcycle · Peter O'Toole · mapmaking · intelligence · liaison

surname

Fishburne

Steve · Carol · Francis · Ernest · Gertrude · Abbott · Saint · patron · martyr · deacon

scientific

Berkeley

Bay Area university city

physicist · Nobel · Manhattan Project · radiation · isotope · particle accelerator · nuclear · atomic · chemistry · laboratory

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Lauren, Laurence

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