Loreto is the Italian word for laurel-wood. There are many towns and places by that name, among which:
In Italy
- 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
Elsewhere
- Loreto, Baja California Sur, as well as the municipality of Loreto, Mexico
- Loreto, Zacatecas, Mexico
- Loreto region, Peru
- Loreto, Agusan del Sur, Philippines
- Loreto, Surigao del Norte, Philippines
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.
See also
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