Lafayette.
Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834), a French aristocrat who is considered a national hero in both France and the United States for his participation in the French and American revolutions.
Meaning & usage
Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834), a French aristocrat who is considered a national hero in both France and the United States for his participation in the French and American revolutions.
A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A city in Contra Costa County, California.
A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A city and home rule municipality in Boulder County, Colorado.
A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A city, the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A large city, the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A small city in Nicollet County, Minnesota.
A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A village in Allen County, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A census-designated place in Madison County, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A city in Yamhill County, Oregon.
A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A city, the county seat of Macon County, Tennessee.
A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A census-designated place in Montgomery County, Virginia.
A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A town in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Lafayette Township.
A surname from French.
A male given name transferred from the surname, originally in honor of the Marquis.
Where this word comes from
French surname from Occitan, "the little beech tree".
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