Laurel may refer to:

Plants

Lauraceae Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant Family (biology), family that includes the bay laurel, true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genus (biology), genera worldwide. They are dicotyled ...

, the laurel family *

Laurel (plant) Laurel is part of the English common name of many trees and other plants with glossy evergreen leaves, most of which are not closely related to each other. Plants called "laurel" include:See article for additional common names. * Alexandrian laur ...

, including a list of trees and plants known as laurel

People

Laurel (given name) Laurel is a unisex given name. The name is of English Etymology, origin from the Latin ''Lauras'', referring to the Laurus nobilis, laurel tree. Various names related to Laurel are Laura (given name), Laura, Lauren, Lori (given name), Lori, and Lorr ...

, people with the given name *

Laurel (surname) Laurel is a surname which may refer to: * Alicia Bay Laurel (born 1949), American artist, author and musician * Arsenio Laurel (1931–1967), Filipino race car driver, son of José P. Laurel * Brenda Laurel (born 1950), an advocate for girl vid ...

, people with the surname *

Laurel (musician) Laurel Arnell-Cullen, better known as Laurel, is a British indie musician based in London. Laurel received critical acclaim for writing, recording and producing all her music in her bedroom studio in London. Career Laurel first caught interest ...

, British indie musician Laurel Arnell-Cullen (born 1994)

Places

United States

Laurel, California Laurel is a ghost town in Santa Cruz County, California, Santa Cruz County, California, United States, in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It is in a valley at an elevation of above sea level. History A toll road was built from Los Gatos, California ...

, a ghost town *

Laurel, Oakland, California The Laurel District is a diverse residential and commercial neighborhood in Oakland, California. encompassing the blocks northeast of Interstate 580 between High Street and 35th Avenue. It lies at an elevation of 226 feet (69 m), and is borde ...

, a neighborhood of Oakland *

Laurel, Delaware Laurel is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. The population was 3,865 at the time of the 2020 census. Laurel is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. It once hosted the Laurel Blue Hens of the Ea ...

, a town *

Laurel, Florida Laurel is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. The population was 12,186 as of 2020 census, up from 8,171 at the 2010 census. Laurel is part of the North Port– Bradenton–Sarasota, Florida Metr ...

, a census-designated place * Laurel, Indiana, a town *

Laurel Township, Franklin County, Indiana Laurel Township is one of thirteen Township (United States), townships in Franklin County, Indiana. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 1,400, down from 1,634 at 2010 United States census, 2010. History Laurel ...

Laurel, Iowa Laurel is a city in Marshall County, Iowa, United States. The population was 220 at the time of the 2020 census. History Laurel was platted in 1880 by Conrad Weissenburger, and it was incorporated in 1902. The city was named after Laurel, Ohio ...

, a city *

Laurel County, Kentucky Laurel County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 62,613. Its county seat is London. After a special election in January 2016 alcohol sales are permitted only ...

Laurel River The Laurel River is a tributary of the Cumberland River in southeast Kentucky in the United States. The river drains a rural region in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, in parts of Whitley and Laurel Counties. The town of Corbin i ...

, Kentucky *

Laurel, Maryland Laurel is a city in Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore on the banks of the Patuxent River, in northern Prince George's County. Its population was 30,060 at the 2020 census. Founded as a mill town i ...

, a city *

Laurel, Mississippi Laurel is a city in and the second county seat of Jones County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 17,161. Laurel is northeast of Ellisville, the first county seat, which contains the first county ...

, a city * Laurel micropolitan area, Mississippi *

Laurel, Montana Laurel is a city in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States and the third largest community in the Billings Metropolitan Statistical Area. Laurel is located in the Yellowstone Valley as an east–west terminal division point of the BNSF Rai ...

, a city *

Laurel, Nebraska Laurel is a city in Cedar County, Nebraska located at the merger of Highway 20 and Highway 15 in the northeast corner of the state. Laurel sits roughly 40 miles east of Norfolk, Nebraska, west of Sioux City, Iowa, and south of Yankton, South Dako ...

, a city *

Laurel, New York Laurel is a census-designated place (CDP) roughly corresponding to the Hamlet (New York), hamlet of Laurel in Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County, New York (state), New York, United States. It is located mostly within the Southold (town), New ...

, a census-designated place * Laurel, North Carolina, an unincorporated community *

Laurel, Ohio Laurel is an unincorporated community in Clermont County, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania ...

, an unincorporated community *

Laurel Township, Hocking County, Ohio Laurel Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,042. Geography Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Good Hope Townshi ...

Laurel, Oregon Laurel is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Settled in 1872, the community is located between Hillsboro and Newberg, in the southern portion of the Tualatin Valley in the foothills of the Chehalem Moun ...

, an unincorporated community *

Laurel Highlands The Laurel Highlands is a region in southwestern Pennsylvania made up of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Fayette County, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Somerset County, and Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County. It has a populat ...

, Pennsylvania *

Laurel Hill (Pennsylvania) Laurel Hill, also known as Laurel Ridge or Laurel Mountain, is a mountain that is located in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Mountains. This ridge is flanked by Negro Mountain to its east and Chestnut Ridge to its west. The mountain is home to six ...

Laurel Lake (Cumberland County, Pennsylvania) Laurel Lake — also known as Laurel Forge Pond — is a water body with recreation area at Pine Grove Furnace State Park. It is located in the eastern part of Cooke Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Cooke Township, Cumberland County. Hi ...

Laurel, Tennessee Laurel is an unincorporated community, in Sevier County, Tennessee, on State Route 416 (Tennessee), north of U.S. Route 321, in the Great Smoky Mountains The Great Smoky Mountains (, ''Equa Dutsusdu Dodalv'') are a mountain range rising al ...

, an unincorporated settlement *

Laurel, Virginia Laurel is a census-designated place (CDP) in western Henrico County, Virginia, United States, named after the number of laurel trees in the area. The population was 17,769 at the 2020 United States Census. Laurel is the location of the Laurel ...

, a census-designated place *

Laurel, Washington Laurel is an unincorporated community in Whatcom County, Washington Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the Uni ...

, an unincorporated community *

Laurel, Barbour County, West Virginia Laurel was an unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.Th ...

, an unincorporated community * Laurel Lake (Teton County, Wyoming), in Grand Teton National Park *

Laurel Mountain (disambiguation) Laurel Mountain may refer to: *Laurel Mountain, in the Forbes State Forest of Pennsylvania ** Laurel Mountain, Pennsylvania, a borough near the Pennsylvania mountain ** Laurel Mountain Ski Resort, Pennsylvania ** Laurel Mountain State Park, Pennsy ...

Canada

Laurel, Edmonton Laurel is a neighbourhood in southeast Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and ...

, Alberta, a neighbourhood * Laurel, a hamlet in the township of

Amaranth, Ontario Amaranth is a township located in Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada, with a Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population of 4,327. It is Amaranth, named after the plant which grows abundantly within its borders. It is bordered by Mono, Ontario, Mono to the ...

* Laurel, a community in

Wentworth-Nord, Quebec Wentworth-Nord (French for North Wentworth) is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality. Its communities include Saint-Michel, Laurel, and Montfort. Its many lakes at ...

Elsewhere

* Laurel, Batangas, Philippines, a third-class municipality *

2865 Laurel 2865 Laurel, provisional designation , is a stony Marian asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 15 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by English-born South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at Johannesburg Obs ...

, an asteroid

Ships

* , the name of several Royal Navy ships * ''Laurel''-class post ship, six ships used by the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars * , a Union Navy steamer * , a 1943 Cypriot ship scrapped in 1969

Other uses

* Laurel (English coin) *

The Laurel The Laurel is a luxury residential skyscraper in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that cost $350 million to build and is tall. The building contains condominiums, luxury apartments, and retail space. The residen ...

, a skyscraper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US *

Laurel station (disambiguation) Laurel station may refer to: Places *Laurel Station, a community in the township of Amaranth, Ontario Railway Stations *Laurel station (Mississippi), an Amtrak station in Laurel, Mississippi *Laurel station (MARC), a MARC station in Laurel, Maryla ...

, stations of the name * Dudley Spencer House, also known as Laurel, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright * Laurel Films, a film production company *

Nissan Laurel The is a two- and four-door sedan manufactured and marketed by Nissan from 1968 to 2002. Later generations added all-wheel-drive along with turbocharged engines. Introduced in 1968 as a new model positioned above the Nissan Bluebird#510 series, ...

, a car *

Laurel Awards The Laurel Awards were American cinema awards that honored films, actors, actresses, producers, directors, and composers. This award was created by the ''Motion Picture Exhibitor'' magazine, and ran from 1948 to 1971 (with the exception of 196 ...

Laurel High School (disambiguation) Laurel High School may refer to: *Laurel High School, in Los Alamitos, California is a city in Orange County, California. The city was incorporated in March 1960. The population was 11,780 at the 2020 census, up from 11,449 at the 2010 cens ...

Laurel (LDS Church) The Young Women (often referred to as Young Women's or Young Woman's) is a youth organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The purpose of the Young Women organization is to help each young woman "be worthy to ...

, the name for teenage members of the LDS Young Women's organization *"Laurel", a song by Goldfrapp from ''

Tales of Us ''Tales of Us'' is the sixth studio album by English electronic music duo Goldfrapp, released on 6 September 2013 by Mute Records. In June 2013, the duo embarked on the Tales of Us Tour to promote the album. Background and release Goldfrapp ...

'' * Laurel and Yanny, an acoustic illusion that went viral on social media in 2018.

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People

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United States

Canada

Elsewhere

Ships

Other uses

See also