Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Place Name Lorraine

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TYPE: Political Subdivision USAGE: French, English PRONOUNCED: lə-RAYN (English) [key] Meaning & History Ultimately from Latin Lothari regnum meaning "kingdom of LOTHAR". Lothar was a Frankish king, the great-grandson of Charlemagne, whose realm was in the part of France now called Lorraine, or in German Lothringen.	MORE INFORMATION Related Names Tweet

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