Lafontaine, French for "the
fountain
A fountain, from the Latin "fons" (genitive "fontis"), meaning source or spring, is a decorative reservoir used for discharging water. It is also a structure that jets water into the air for a decorative or dramatic effect.
Fountains were ori ...
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People
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Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695), French fabulist, one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century
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De Lafontaine (1655–1738), French ballerina
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Georg Wilhelm Lafontaine (1680–1745), German painter
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Ludolph Lafontaine (1704–1774), German painter
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August Lafontaine
August Heinrich Julius Lafontaine (5 October 1758 – 20 April 1831) was a German novelist.
Biography
Lafontaine was born and brought up in Brunswick, the son of the court painter Ludolph Lafontaine and his fifth wife, the court maid-in-waitin ...
(1758–1831), German writer
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Albert Millaud (1844–1892), French journalist and playwright, who wrote under various pseudonyms, including "Lafontaine"
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Oskar Lafontaine
Oskar Lafontaine (; born 16 September 1943) is a German politician. He served as Minister-President of the state of Saarland from 1985 to 1998, and was federal leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD) from ...
(born 1943), German politician
Places
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Lafontaine, Ontario, Canada
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Lafontaine, Quebec, Canada
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LaFontaine, a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada
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Lafontaine, Kansas, U.S.
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La Fontaine, Indiana
La Fontaine is a town in Liberty Township, Wabash County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 875 at the 2010 census. Its name means "The Fountain" in French.
History
The community was named after Francis La Fontaine, a Miami Indi ...
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Other uses
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Lafontaine (electoral district), a former riding in Quebec, Canada
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Lafontaine (surname)
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Lafontaine Bellot, governor of Plaisance, Newfoundland from 1664 to 1667
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5780 Lafontaine, a minor planet
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Hotel LaFontaine, Huntington, Indiana
See also
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La Fontaine (disambiguation)
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LaFountain, surname
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Fountain (disambiguation)
A fountain is a piece of architecture that pours or jets water for drinking or for decorative effect.
Fountain or Fountains may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Fountain'' (1988 film), a Russian film directed by Yuri Mamin
* ''Fountai ...
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