# Laurel
## English
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɒɹəl

### Noun

Laurel (plural Laurels)
* (Mormonism) Formerly a 16- to 17-year-old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.

#### Related terms

* Beehive
* Mia Maid

#### Translations
### Proper noun

Laurel
* A female or male given name from English from the laurel plant.
** 1972, Eudora Welty, The Optimist's Daughter, Random House, →ISBN, page 27:"What on earth made Becky give you a name like that?" she'd asked Laurel, on that first occasion. "It's the state flower of West Virginia," Laurel told her, smiling. "Where my mother came from."
* A surname from Spanish.
* A municipality of the Philippines; named for Miguel Laurel.
* A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
* A number of places in the United States:
** A ghost town in Santa Cruz County, California.
** A neighborhood of Oakland, California.
** A town in Delaware; named for the laurel bushes growing in the area.
** A census-designated place in Florida.
** A town in Indiana; named for the city in Maryland.
** A city in Iowa; named for the community in Ohio.
** A city in Maryland.
** A city in and one of the two county seats of Jones County, Mississippi; named for the laurel thickets in the area.
** A city in Montana; named for the laurel bushes growing in the area.
** A city in Nebraska; named for early settler Laura Martin.
** A hamlet in New York.
** An unincorporated community in Ohio.
** An unincorporated community in Oregon; named for the trees growing in the area, thought to be laurels (later identified as madrones).
** An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
** A census-designated place in Virginia.
** An unincorporated community in Washington.
** An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
** A river flowing from Lake, Kentucky into the Cumberland at Corbin, Kentucky.

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Laurel is the 14920th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1984 individuals. Laurel is most common among Hispanic/Latino (49.60%), White (22.53%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (16.18%) individuals.

### Anagrams

* allure

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Spanish Laurel, from laurel. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos. Doublet of laurel.
The municipality in Batangas is named after Jose P. Laurel, 3rd President of the Philippines.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lawˈɾel/ [l̪ɐʊ̯ˈɾ̪il̪]
* Hyphenation: La‧u‧rel

### Proper noun

Laurel (Badlit spelling ᜎᜂᜇᜒᜎ᜔)
* a surname from Spanish [in turn transferred from the common noun], mostly found in Cebu
* A municipality of Batangas, Philippines

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lauˈɾel/ [lau̯ˈɾel]
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: Lau‧rel

### Proper noun

Laurel m or f by sense
* a surname

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Laurel, from laurel. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.
The municipality in Batangas is named after Jose P. Laurel, 3rd President of the Philippines.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /lawˈɾel/ [laʊ̯ˈɾɛl]
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: Lau‧rel

### Proper noun

Laurél (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏ᜔ᜇᜒᜎ᜔)
* a surname from Spanish [in turn transferred from the common noun], common in Metro Manila, Batangas, Laguna and Quezon
* Laurel (a municipality of Batangas, Philippines)
* A barangay of Tanauan, Batangas, Philippines
* A barangay of San Pascual, Batangas, Philippines
* A barangay of Taysan, Batangas, Philippines

#### Related terms

* lawrel