Law.
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Meaning & usage
A surname originating as a patronymic.
A diminutive of the male given name Lawrence.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of Lawrence.
A topographic surname from Old English, perhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound.
a conical hill
A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NS8252).
Where this word comes from
From Old English hlaw (“a hill or burial mound”).
Synonym of Torah: the five Books of Moses, particularly the commandments in it, as well as their specification in the Mishnah and their further interpretation in later religious literature.
the commandments in the Books of Moses, sometimes seen as transcended by Christ
the commandments and moral principles that are binding for Christians, such as the Decalogue, the teachings of the New Testament, the Church Fathers, etc.
Where this word comes from
A semantic loan of Greek νόμος (nómos, “law”), rendering Hebrew תּוֹרָה (tōrāh, “instruction, teaching”) in the sense of divine law.
A surname from Chinese.
Where this word comes from
From Cantonese 羅 /罗 (lo⁴). Doublet of Luo and Lo.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.