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Lars¹

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)z

Where it comes from

Borrowed from North Germanic, from Latin Laurentius.

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Latin occasionally given to Anglophones. Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who stirred worldwide controversy in 2007 with drawings depicting the prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog, was killed in a car crash near the southern town of Markaryd on Sunday, police said.

Lars²

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)z

Where it comes from

Formed within English as a plural form of lar, q.v.

proper noun

  1. alternative, plural, plural only Alternative form of Lares, the classical Roman household deities. Dwarfish deities they had none. We are indeed told of the Lars, particularly the rural Lars, as answering to the Gothic Dwarfs; but no proofs are offered except the diminutive size of their statues.

lars³

Where it comes from

Formed within English as a plural form of lar, q.v.

noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of Lares

lars⁴

noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of lar (“Etruscan title”).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gibbon, rcm, octreotide, oto, mcr, mdg, cfr, larry, connacht, connaught, rcms, lance, linus, lark, lyle, leonard

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"lars." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lars. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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lars. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lars

Chicago

"lars." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lars.

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@misc{lars_2026,
  title = {lars},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lars},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}