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Lure.

Lure (a small town and commune of Haute-Saône department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

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  1. Lure (a small town and commune of Haute-Saône department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)

Where this word comes from

First mentioned in 817 as Luterhaa. Of unclear origin, with proposals including: * Celtic origin and derived from Gaulish *lautro, from Proto-Celtic *lautros. * Late Latin lŭtra (“otter”) * Of Germanic origin, such as being named after Lothair II of Lotharingia, from Frankish *Hlūdhari; or from Old High German hlutar (“limpid, clear”), as the area was known to have many Germanic speakers.

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