LyraA famous bearer was Lyra McKee (1990-2019), a journalist and editor from Northern Ireland who reported on the consequences of the Troubles and was fatally shot while reporting on riots in Derry.
AloisiaAlso used as the Irish version of Louise or Louisa.
Rhône (River)
FrenchFrom Gaulish
*Rodonos or
*Rotonos, from a Proto-Indo-European root
*ret-, meaning "to run, to roll", frequently found in names for rivers.... [
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Auvergne (Political Subdivision & Region)
FrenchFrom the ethnonym of a Celtic tribe, the
Arverni, a Latinised form of Gaulish
*Aruernoi. Its etymology remains unclear; proposed origins include
*ar(e)-uer-no-, meaning "those who are above", or
*uernā-, meaning "alder".... [
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Herefordshire (Political Subdivision & Region)
EnglishMay mean "county of the army river crossing", deriving from the Old English for "army",
here, and "river crossing",
ford, making
Hereford, and
sċīr, from Proto-West Germanic
*skīru meaning "county”... [
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Buckinghamshire (Political Subdivision & Region)
EnglishFrom Old English, meaning "the county of Bucca's home", from
Buckingham, named after its 12th-century landowner,
Bucca, with
sċīr, from Proto-West Germanic
*skīru... [
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