Lure (a small town and commune of Haute-Saône department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/lyʁ/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)
First mentioned in 817 as Luterhaa. Of unclear origin, with proposals including:
* Celtic origin and derived from Gaulish *lautro, from Proto-Celtic *lautros.
* Late Latin lŭtra (“otter”)
* Of Germanic origin, such as being named after Lothair II of Lotharingia, from Frankish *Hlūdhari; or from Old High German hlutar (“limpid, clear”), as the area was known to have many Germanic speakers.