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Lor⋅e⋅lei

  [lawr-uh-lahy; Ger. loh-ruh-lahy]
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–noun
1. a quasilegendary nymph of the Rhine who lured sailors to shipwreck on her rock by singing: a creation of Clemens Brentano in a poem of 1800.
2. a female given name.
Origin:
< G, var. of Lurlei, cliff overlooking the Rhine, thought to be the abode of a nymph
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Lo·re·lei   (lôr'ə-lī', lō'rə-)   
n.  A siren of Germanic legend whose singing lures sailors to shipwreck.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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lorelei 
1878, name of a rock in the River Rhine near Koblenz, Germany. In legend, a lovely woman sat atop it and sang while combing her long blond hair, distracting sailors so their ships foundered on the rock and they drowned.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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