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Lorelei
The Lorelei is a 132 m (433 ft) high, steep slate rock on the right bank of the River Rhine in the Rhine Gorge (or Middle Rhine) at Sankt Goarshausen in Germany.
Etymology
The name comes from the old German words lureln, Rhine dialect for "murmuring", and the Celtic term ley "rock". The translation of the name would therefore be: "murmur rock" or "murmuring rock". The heavy currents, and a small waterfall in the area (still visible in the early 19th century) created a murmuring sound, and this combined with the special echo the rock produces to act as a sort of amplifier, giving the rock its name. The murmuring is hard to hear today owing to the urbanization of the area. Other theories attribute the name to the many accidents, by combining the German verb "lauern" (to lurk, lie in wait) with the same "ley" ending, with the translation "lurking rock".
By the German language orthographic reform of 1903, in almost all German terms letter "y" was changed for letter "i", but in some German names the letter "y" was kept, such as Speyer, Spay, (Rheinberg-)Orsoy, and including Loreley, which is thus the correct spelling in German.
Lorelei (song)
"Lorelei" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin; it was written for their musical Pardon My English (1933).
It is about the Loreley legend.
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Lorelei, Edmonton
Lorelei is a residential neighbourhood located in the Castledowns area of north Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
It is bounded on the north and west by Castledowns Road, on the east by 97 Street, and on the south by Beaumaris Road and 160 Avenue. Travel north along 97 Street takes residents past CFB Edmonton located just north of the city, while travel south along 97 Street takes residents past the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and into the downtown core.
Most of the residences in the neighbourhood were built in the 1970s and 1980s, with residences being a mixture of single-family dwellings (57%), row houses (25%), walk-up apartments in buildings with five or fewer stories (10%) and duplexes (8%). Roughly three out of four residences are owner-occupied.
Demographics
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Lorelei had a population of 7003402700000000000♠4,027 living in 7003147500000000000♠1,475 dwellings, a -3.4% change from its 2009 population of 7003417000000000000♠4,170. With a land area of 1.22 km2 (0.47 sq mi), it had a population density of 7003330080000000000♠3,300.8 people/km2 in 2012.
Podcasts:
Lorelei
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- Lore of Lies released: 2014
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- Tatuatu Zenidan Zerua released: 1999
- Bada Hiri Gorri bat released: 1997
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- PASTRALE released: 2000
Lorelei
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- Enterprising Sidewalks released: 2012
- Everyone Must Touch the Stove released: 1995
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- Угрюмые Волны Студеного Моря released: 2013
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by Pogues
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by Wishbone Ash
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by Stephen Lynch
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by Scorpions
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by Styx
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by Theatre Of Tragedy
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by Comeback Kid
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by Lovin' Spoonful
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by I The Mighty
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by Cocteau Twins
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by The Comeback Kid
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by David Gray
Lorelei
by: Ella FitzgeraldBack in the days of knights in armor
There once lived a lovely charmer
Swimming in the Rhine
Her figure was divine
She had a yen for all the sailors
Fishermen and gobs and whalers
She had a most immoral eye
They called her Lorelei
She created quite a stir
And I want to be like her
I want to be like that gal on the river
Who sang her song to the ships passing by
She had the goods and how she could deliver
The Lorelei
She used to love in a strange kind of fashion
With lots of hey-ho-de-ho-hi-de-hi
And I can guarantee I'm full of passion
Like the Lorelei
I'm treacherous, yeah-yeah
Oh, I just can't hold myself in check
I'm lecherous, yeah-yeah
I want to bite my initials on a sailor's neck
Each affair has a kick and a wallop
For what they crave, I can always supply
I want to be just like that other trollop
The Lorelei
I want to be just like that other trollop
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