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'''Loreto''' is the [[Italian language|Italian]] word for ''[[laurel]]-wood''. There are many towns and places by that name, among which:

'''Loreto''' is Italian for laurel-wood. A town in Italy named Loreto holds an important Christian shrine, which led to the spread of the name to many countries. It may refer to:

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==In [[Italy]]==

* [[Loreto (AN)|Loreto]], in Ancona province, a town with a [[Marian shrine]] that is the origin of the wide dissemination of the name

* [[Loreto (AT)]], in Asti province

* [[Loreto (NO)]], in Novara province

* [[Loreto (PG, 1)]], in Perugia province

* [[Loreto (PG, 2)]], also in Perugia province

* [[Loreto Aprutino]], in Pescara province

==ElsewherePlaces==

===Argentina===

* [[Loreto, Baja California Sur]], as well as the [[municipality]] of [[Loreto (municipality)|Loreto]], [[Mexico]]

* [[Loreto, Zacatecas]],Santiago [[Mexicodel Estero]]

* [[Loreto region]], [[PeruMisiones]]

* [[Loreto, Agusan del Sur]], [[Philippines]]

* [[Loreto, Surigao del Norte]], [[Philippines]]

===Bolivia===

The Marian shrine has also given its name to very many schools and colleges throughout the world, as well as to women in Spain, Portugal and Latin America.

*[[de:Loreto, Beni]]

==See also=Brazil===

* [[LorettoLoreto, Maranhão]]

===Ecuador===

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* [[Loreto (AT)Canton]], in Astithe province of Orellana

==In [[=Italy]]===

*[[Loreto, Marche]], home of the ''Basilica della Santa Casa'' after which the other shrines are named

* [[Loreto Aprutino]], in Pescara province

===Mexico===

*[[Loreto, Baja California Sur]]

*[[Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur]]

*[[Loreto, Zacatecas]]

===Paraguay===

* Loreto, [[Concepción Department, Paraguay|Concepción department]]

===Peru===

*[[es:Loreto Region]]

**[[it:Loreto Province]]

===Philippines===

* [[Loreto, Agusan del Sur]], [[Philippines]]

*[[Loreto, Dinagat Islands]]

===Switzerland===

*[[Loreto, Switzerland]], a district of Lugano

==Other==

*[[Loreto (meteorite)]], found in 1896 in Baja California Sur, Mexico

*[[Loreto (Milan Metro)]], a subway station on the Line 1 of Milan Metro

*[[Nicolás del Campo]] (full name "Nicolás Francisco Cristóbal del Campo, Marquis of Loreto", 1725–1803), sometimes referred to as "Viceroy Loreto"

==People==

*[[Loreto Carbonell]] (1933–2017), Filipino basketball player

*[[Loreto Cucchiarelli]] (1943–2025), Italian rugby union player and coach

*[[Loreto Di Franco]] (1578–1638), Roman Catholic prelate

*[[Loreto Garza]] (born 1962), former American boxer and light welterweight world champion

*[[Loreto Silva]] (born 1964), Chilean deputy minister

==See also==

* [[Loreta (disambiguation)]]

* [[Loreto College (disambiguation)]], list of schools named Loreto College or Loreto School

* [[Loreto Department]]

* [[Loreto Municipality (disambiguation)]]

* [[Loretto (disambiguation)]]

* [[pt:Litany of Loreto]]

* [[Notre Dame de Lorette]], the name of a ridge, basilica, and French national cemetery northwest of Arras at the village of Ablain-Saint-Nazaire

* [[Sisters of Loreto]], a women's Catholic religious order founded by an Englishwoman, Mary Ward, in 1609

* [[Basilica della Santa Casa]], Holy House of Loreto

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