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Loraine may refer to: People *Loraine (name) Places * Loraine, California * Loraine, Illinois * Loraine, North Dakota * Loraine, Texas * Loraine Township, Henry County, Illinois Buildings *Hotel Loraine, Wisconsin, United States *Loraine Building, Michigan, United States Other uses * ''Loraine'', a song by Linton Kwesi Johnson from the album ''Bass Culture'' * Loraine baronets, English baronetage See also * Lorain (other) *Lorane (other) * Lorrain (other) * Lorraine (other) * Lorraine (given name) Lorraine is a feminine given name, which is simply from the name of the region of '' Lorraine'' in France and the dish quiche Lorraine. It has been used in the English-speaking world (especially the United States and Canada) since the Franco-Prus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loraine (name)
Loraine is a feminine given name that is a modern form of the Germanic Chlothar (which is a blended form of Hlūdaz and Harjaz). It is a name that originates from the French region of Lorraine. Notable people known by this name include the following: Given name *Loraine Baricchi, part of the Luca and Loraine Baricchi ballroom dance pair * Loraine Barry (born 1964), Irish dancer * Loraine Boettner (1901–1990), American theologian and author *Loraine Braham (born 1938), Australian politician * Loraine Despres, American novelist and screenwriter * Loraine Gonzales (born 1977), American Wheelchair basketball player * Loraine Hutchins, American author * Loraine Mellor, British Methodist Minister * Loraine Obler, American neuroscientist *Loraine Seville, known by the stage name Raine Seville, (born 1986), Jamaican dancehall and reggae artist * Loraine Victor (born 1948), South African lawn bowler * Loraine Wyman (1885–1937), American soprano Middle name *Beverly Loraine Greene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loraine, California
Loraine (formerly, Paris and Paris-Loraine) is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori .... It is located on the east bank of the mouth of Indian Creek where it enters Caliente Creek, north of Tehachapi, at an elevation of . The Paris post office opened in 1903, changed its name to Loraine in 1912, closed in 1918, re-opened in 1922, and closed for good in 1926. The place was originally settled by French and Alsatian miners. References Mining communities in California Unincorporated communities in Kern County, California Unincorporated communities in California {{KernCountyCA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loraine, Illinois
Loraine is a village in Adams County, Illinois, United States. The population was 300 at the 2020 census. Geography Loraine is located at (40.152039, -91.223732). According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Loraine has a total area of , all land. History Loraine was platted in 1870 as a town on the Carthage Branch of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Demographics As of the 2020 census there were 300 people, 175 households, and 107 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 136 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 92.67% White, 0.33% African American, 0.33% from other races, and 6.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.67% of the population. There were 175 households, out of which 44.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.00% were married couples living together, 4.57% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.86% were non-families. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loraine, North Dakota
Loraine is a city in Renville County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 9 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Minot Micropolitan Statistical Area. Loraine was founded in 1907 and is said to have been named by Mohall banker Sherwood H. Sleeper (namesake of Sherwood) for Fort La Reine, one of the forts of the exploration directed by Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye in the 18th century. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 9 people, 4 households, and 2 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 7 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 100.0% White. There were 4 households, of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were married couples living together, and 50.0% were non-families. 50.0% of all households were made up of individu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loraine, Texas
Loraine is a town in Mitchell County, Texas, United States. The population was 602 at the 2010 census. Geography Loraine is located at (32.407039, –100.714098). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 504 people, 153 households, and 104 families residing in the town. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 656 people, 250 households, and 160 families residing in the town. The population density was 623.2 people per square mile (241.2/km2). There were 320 housing units at an average density of 304.0 per square mile (117.7/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 61.43% White, 6.25% African American, 1.22% Native American, 27.59% from other races, and 3.51% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 46.04% of the population. There were 250 households, out of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loraine Township, Henry County, Illinois
Loraine Township is one of twenty-four townships in Henry County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 290 and it contained 122 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land. Adjacent townships * Portland Township, Whiteside County (north) * Prophetstown Township, Whiteside County (northeast) * Yorktown Township (east) * Alba Township (southeast) * Atkinson Township (south) * Geneseo Township (southwest) * Phenix Township (west) Cemeteries The township contains these three cemeteries: Bowman, Kemmis and Loraine. Major highways * Illinois Route 92 Airports and landing strips * Christmas Forest Airport Demographics School districts * Annawan Community Unit School District 226 * Geneseo Community Unit School District 228 * Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3 Political districts * Illinois's 14th congressional district The 14th congressional district of Illinois is cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Loraine
Hotel Loraine, also known as The Loraine, is a ten-story hi-rise built as a hotel in 1924 a block southwest of the capitol in Madison, Wisconsin. It was the city's leading hotel from the time of construction to 1968. In 2002 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Walter Schroeder was a Milwaukee businessman who inherited his father's insurance, mortgage, and bond business in 1897. In 1912 he orchestrated the establishment of a rebuilt Wisconsin Hotel in Milwaukee. When it failed to make a profit, he took over management and turned it around. He decided he liked the hotel business, and proceeded to build a chain of large hotels in Wisconsin cities: the 1918-20 Astor on the Lake hotel in Milwaukee, the 1922-23 Hotel Retlaw in Fond du Lac, the 1923 Hotel Northland in Green Bay, the 1923 Hotel Wausau, the 1923 Hotel Loraine in Madison, the 1923-24 Hotel Duluth, and the 1926-28 Hotel Schroeder in Milwaukee. With . By the 1920s Madison was short on modern hotel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loraine Building
The Loraine Building, located at 124 East Fulton Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was constructed as an apartment building, and was later converted into office space. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. History In 1901, Frank Immen constructed this building, the first apartment building in Grand Rapids catering to upper-middle-income tenants. The original structure was five floors tall, houseing commercial space on the fist floor and apartments above. The building was known as the "Immen Building" for a short time, but Immen soon changed the name to the "Loraine Building" in honor of his wife. In 1910 Immen sold the building to retired Tennessee lumberman Alston Willey. Willey added a sixth floor atop the building. Over the years, the apartments were gradually converted into office space, with the building being completely converted by 1950. Description The Loraine Building is a rectangular, six-story brick Georgian Revival Georgian architectu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bass Culture
''Bass Culture'' is an album by dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, released in 1980 on the Island Records label. It was produced by Linton Kwesi Johnson and Dennis Bovell (credited as Blackbeard). Bovell, Lloyd "Jah Bunny" Donaldson and Webster Johnson were members of Matumbi. The track "Reggae fi Peach" laments the death of Blair Peach, an activist who was killed in London during a clash with police officers while protesting with the Anti-Nazi League against a British National Front meeting in 1979. Track listing All tracks written by Linton Kwesi Johnson # "Bass Culture" – 6:04 # "Street 66" – 3:43 # "Reggae fi Peach" – 3:09 # "Di Black Petty Booshwah" – 3:36 # "Inglan Is a Bitch" – 5:26 # "Loraine" – 4:08 # "Reggae Sounds" – 3:09 # "Two Sides of Silence" – 2:13 Personnel *Linton Kwesi Johnson – vocals *Floyd Lawson (tracks: 1, 6), Vivian Weathers (tracks: 2–5, 7–8) – bass *Lloyd "Jah Bunny" Donaldson (tracks: 1, 3–8), Winston Curniffe (track: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loraine Baronets
The Loraine Baronetcy, of Kirk Harle in the County of Northumberland, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 26 September 1664 for Thomas Loraine, High Sheriff of Northumberland. The second Baronet was Member of Parliament for Northumberland. The third Baronet was High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1742, the fourth Baronet in 1774 and the fifth Baronet in 1814. The eleventh Baronet was a rear admiral in the Royal Navy. The twelfth baronet was a distinguished diplomat. The title became extinct on his death in 1961. The Loraines held a Northumbrian estate at Kirkharle Hall that was acquired when William Loraine married the Strother heiress of Kirk Harle early in the 15th century. Capability Brown was born at Kirk Harle and was employed as a youth on the estate by the second Baronet. Loraine baronets, of Kirk Harle (1664) * Sir Thomas Loraine, 1st Baronet (1638–1718) * Sir William Loraine, 2nd Baronet (1658–1744) * Sir Charles Loraine, 3rd Baronet (1701†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorain (other)
Lorain may refer to: Places * Lorain, Ohio * Lorain, Pennsylvania * Lorain, Wisconsin * Lorain County, Ohio ** Lorain County Community College * Lorain Township, Minnesota People * René Lorain (born 1900), French athlete * Sophie Lorain, Canadian actress Organizations * Lorain City School District * Lorain Correctional Institution * Lorain County Transit * Lorain, Ashland & Southern Railroad Other uses * '' Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.'' * USS ''Lorain'' (PF-93) See also * Loraine (other) * Lorrain (other) Lorrain may refer to: * Claude Lorrain (1600–82), a 17th-century French artist of the baroque style * Lorrain language, a Romance dialect spoken in Lorraine region in France and Gaume region in Belgium See also * Lorain (other) * Lora ... * Lorraine (other) {{disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorane (other)
Lorane may refer to: *Lorane, Georgia *Lorane, Indiana Lorane is an unincorporated community in Etna-Troy Township, Whitley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History The community used to have three different names before the present-day name of Lorane. It was first called Steam Corners, so nam ... * Lorane, Oregon * Lorane, Pennsylvania See also * Lorraine (other) {{Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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