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See also: LAW, law, and ław

English

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of Lawrence; From the given name Lawrence.

Proper noun

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Law (plural Laws)

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Lawrence.
    Coordinate terms: Laws, Laus, Lars, Lau, Lar, Lawry, Laury, Larry, Laurence, Lawrence

Etymology 2

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From Old English hlaw (a hill or burial mound).

Proper noun

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Law (countable and uncountable, plural Laws)

  1. A topographic surname from Old English, perhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound.
  2. (Scotland) a conical hill
  3. A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NS8252).
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Etymology 3

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A semantic loan of Greek νόμος (nómos, law), rendering Hebrew תּוֹרָה (tōrāh, instruction, teaching) in the sense of divine law.

Proper noun

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Law

  1. (Judaism) Synonym of Torah: the five Books of Moses, particularly the commandments in it, as well as their specification in the Mishnah and their further interpretation in later religious literature.
    Hyponyms: Oral Law, Written Law
  2. (Christianity, biblical) the commandments in the Books of Moses, sometimes seen as transcended by Christ
  3. (Christianity, less often) the commandments and moral principles that are binding for Christians, such as the Decalogue, the teachings of the New Testament, the Church Fathers, etc.

Etymology 4

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From Cantonese  / (lo4). Doublet of Luo and Lo.

Proper noun

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Law

  1. A surname from Chinese.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Law is the 1,089th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 32,122 individuals. Law is most common among White (65.61%), Black (15.63%) and Asian (14.22%) individuals.

Anagrams

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Crimean Tatar

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Alternative spellings
Arabic لاو / لاوس
Soviet Latin Laos
Romanian Latin
Cyrillic Лаос
Ukranian Latin Laos

Proper noun

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Law

  1. (Romania) Laos

References

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  • Murat, Taner (2011), “Law”, in Dicționar tătar crimean – român / Kîrîm Tatarşa – Kazakşa Sózlík [Crimean Tatar – Romanian dictionary]‎[1], Charleston: CreateSpace, page 266b