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Lawrence may refer to:

Geography

Communities

In Australia:

• Lawrence, New South Wales

In New Zealand:

• Lawrence, New Zealand

In the United States:

• Lawrence, Indiana
• Lawrence, Kansas
• Lawrence, Massachusetts
• Lawrence, Michigan
• Lawrence, New York
• Lawrence, Wisconsin

Rivers

• Saint Lawrence River
• Lawrence Brook, New Jersey

Infrastructure (streets and subway)

• Lawrence Avenue in Toronto, Ontario
• Toronto Transit Commission subway and RT stations:
  • Lawrence (TTC)
  • Lawrence West (TTC)
  • Lawrence East (TTC)
• Lawrence (Caltrain station) in Santa Clara, California

Education

Colleges and universities

• Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan
• Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin
• Sarah Lawrence College, a liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York
• St. Lawrence University, a university in Canton, New York

Preparatory & high schools

• Lawrence Academy at Groton, a preparatory school in Groton, Massachusetts
• Lawrence College, Ghora Gali, a high school in Pakistan
• Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute, a high school in Toronto, Ontario
• Lawrence School, Lovedale, a high school in India
• Lawrence School, Sanawar, a high school in India
• Saint Lawrence Academy, a Catholic high school in Santa Clara, California

People

• Lawrence (given name)
• Lawrence (surname)
• Lawrence of Rome (died 258), Italian deacon and Roman Catholic saint, born in Spain
• Brother Lawrence (died 1691), a Carmelite monk

Other

• Lawrence of Arabia (film), a 1962 film on the life of T. E. Lawrence, starring Peter O'Toole
• Lawrence v. Texas, the United States Supreme Court case barring the criminalization of sodomy
• The Lawrence Welk Show, television show hosted by Lawrence Welk
• USS Lawrence (disambiguation)

See also

• Lawrence Pond
• Lawrenceburg
• Lawrenceville
• Laurence
• Larry
• Wikipedia pages starting with "Lawrence"

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From Wikitravel

There is more than one place called Lawrence:

New Zealand

• Lawrence (New Zealand) - A town in New Zealand.

United States of America

• Lawrence (Kansas) - A town in Kansas.
• Lawrence (Massachusetts) - A city in Massachusetts.
• Lawrence (Michigan) - A town in Michigan.
• Lawrence (New York) - A town in New York
• Lawrence (Wisconsin) - A town in Wisconsin.

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From LoveToKnow 1911

There is more than one meaning of Lawrence discussed in the 1911 Encyclopedia. We are planning to let all links go to the correct meaning directly, but for now you will have to search it out from the list below by yourself. If you want to change the link that led you here yourself, it would be appreciated.

• Lawrence, Kansas
• Lawrence, Massachusetts

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Proper noun

Lawrence

1. A male given name, the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S.
2. A patronymic surname.

Quotations

• 2007 John Dunning, The Bookworm's Last Fling, Simon & Schuster 2007, ISBN 1416523391, page 321

  "My name is Richard Lawrence."

  Candice thought he had a storybook name. Like Lawrence of Arabia, she said, but what she always called him was Ricky. Just a jump away from Tricky Dicky.

• 2003 Elise Title, Inside Out: A Mystery, St.Martin's Minotaur 2003, ISBN 0312285825, page 69

  "I named him Lawrence. After my father. Pete, that's my husband, he never really liked the name Lawrence. He thought it wasn't very..." she shut her eyes for a moment, shaking her head slowly, "...very masculine." She opened her eyes and smiled ruefully. " That's a good one, isn't it?"

Translations

• see Laurence

From Wikispecies

(1806-1855)

U.S. ornithologist