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LaRue

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LaRue is a French topographic name for someone who lived beside a road, track, or pathway, Old French rue (Latin ruga ‘crease’, ‘fold’), with the definite article la.[1] It literally means "the street" in French.[2] It is a surname and sometime a given name. Notable people with the name include:

People

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  • LaRue Kirby (1889–1961), American Major League Baseball outfielder
  • LaRue Martin (born 1950), American former National Basketball Association player
  • LaRue Parker (1935–2011), former Chairperson of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma
  • La Rue Washington (born 1953), briefly a Major League Baseball player

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References

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  1. ^ http://www.ancestry.com/facts/LaRue-name-meaning.ashx [user-generated source]
  2. ^ "Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Surname Larue". Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2010-08-30.