Message: "Re: Lamoral" - Behind the Name

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[Facts] Re: Lamoral

by elbowin (guest)

8/14/2012, 9:37 AM

If you can read dutch, you can find a tentative derivation for Lamoraal here:

- Swiff +2

8/14/2012, 10:36 AM

Thank you! Does it say that Lamoral comes from the Turkish name Amurath?

- Rene +1

8/14/2012, 11:09 AM

Seems so. A search for Amurath turns up this, hinting at Amurath being a variant of Murat / Murad:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murad_I

- Swiff

8/15/2012, 9:15 AM

Thank you!

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