Lalla

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine

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Meaning & History

Derived from Persian لاله (laleh) meaning "tulip". This was the name of the heroine of Thomas Moore's poem Lalla Rookh (1817). In the poem, Lalla, the daughter of the emperor of Delhi, listens to a poet sing four tales.