Lafayette
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English
Alternative forms
Further alternative forms
- laFayette, la Fayette, La Fayette
- deFayette, de Fayette, De Fayette, DeFayette, Defayette
- de la Fayette, De La Fayette, de La Fayette, De la Fayette, delaFayette, DeLaFayette, DelaFayette, deLaFayette, deLafayette, DeLafayette, Delafayette, de Lafayette, De Lafayette, De LaFayette, De laFayette, de laFayette, dela Fayette, DeLa Fayette, Dela Fayette, deLa Fayette
Etymology
French surname from Occitan, "the little beech tree".
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lafayette (countable and uncountable, plural Lafayettes)
- Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834), a French aristocrat who is considered a national hero in both France and the United States for his participation in the French and American revolutions.
- A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
- A city in Contra Costa County, California.
- A city and home rule municipality of Boulder County, Colorado.
- A city, the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
- A large city, the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
- Meronym: McComb
- A small city in Nicollet County, Minnesota.
- A village in Allen County, Ohio.
- A census-designated place in Madison County, Ohio.
- A city in Yamhill County, Oregon.
- A city, the county seat of Macon County, Tennessee.
- A census-designated place in Montgomery County, Virginia.
- A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Lafayette Township.
- (countable) A surname from French.
- (US, countable) A male given name transferred from the surname, originally in honor of the Marquis.
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Occitan La Faieta.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lafayette f
- Lafayette
- a surname
- any of a number of U.S. places