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Lourdes

American

[loord, loordz, loord] / lʊərd, lʊərdz, lurd /

noun

a city in SW France: Roman Catholic shrine famed for miraculous cures.

Lourdes British

/ lurd /

noun

a town in SW France: a leading place of pilgrimage for Roman Catholics after a peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous, had visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858. Pop: 15 203 (1999)

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Supt Armstrong said another occupant of the Volkswagen Golf, a male in his 20s, was removed and brought to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, for treatment of serious non-life-threatening injuries.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

A Garda spokesperson said: "A number of people have also been taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda."

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025

Maria de Lourdes Alongi, a voter at the restaurant, needs no convincing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Landon Knack took over in the third and promptly gave up a pair of two-run home runs, one to Lourdes Gurriel Jr. on a down-and-in slider and another to Gabriel Moreno on an inside fastball.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025

Lourdes is alarmed when she hears that Mirian wants to set out for the north on her own.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

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