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noun
1.
Also, Lor·rain. Claude (Claude Gelée), 1600–82, French painter.
2.
a medieval kingdom in W Europe along the Moselle, Meuse, and Rhine rivers.
3.
a region in NE France, once included in this kingdom: a former province. Compare Alsace-Lorraine.
4.
a female given name.
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Lorraine
region in eastern France, from M.L. Lotharingia, lit. "Lothar's Realm," name later given to the northern portion of the lands assigned by the Treaty of Verdun (843 C.E.) to Lothair I in the first division of the Carolingian empire. His empire stretched from the North Sea to the Mediterranean. Before
EXPAND his death (855 C.E.), Lothair subdivided his lands among his three sons. His son, Lothair (for whom the region is named), was given Lotharingia as his kingdom.
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