Lourdes
Pronunciation: LOOR-dəs, LUWRDZ (key)
Origin of the name Lourdes:
Transferred use of a Basque place-name meaning "craggy slope." Lourdes, a town in southwestern France, was popularized as a given name after St. Bernadette experienced visions of the Virgin Mary there in 1858.
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