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Lorelei
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“The enchantress,” in allusion to the siren of German legend whose singing on reefs in the Rhine lured sailors to their doom.
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German
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Lori
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“The lazy one,” in allusion to the loris, a slow-moving nocturnal lemur, from the Flemish lorrias.
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Modern
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Lorella
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“Little Laura,” from the Middle English lorer (laurel) and the diminutive suffix ella.
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