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Loredana

Used by the French author George Sand for a character in her novel Mattea and later by the Italian author Luciano Zuccoli in his novel L'amore de Loredana.

Usage languagesItalian, Romanian

Meaning and history

Used by the French author George Sand for a character in her novel Mattea (1833) and later by the Italian writer Luciano Zuccoli in L'amore de Loredana (1908), the name Loredana was possibly based on the Venetian surname Loredan, itself derived from the place name Loreo.