Lenoir
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Lenoir is either:
- Lenoir, North Carolina, United States
- Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States
- Lenoir City, Tennessee
- Etienne Lenoir, Belgian pioneer of the internal combustion engine
- J. B. Lenoir, Blues singer
- Noémie Lenoir, French supermodel
- Philippe Lenoir (1785-1867), French painter
- William B. Lenoir, astronaut
- Richard Lenoir KI5DX , world wide amateur radio operator KI5DX
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The name Lenoir can be spelled three ways: Lenoir, LeNoir, or Lenore. The spelling "lenore" is used in one of Edgar Allan Poe's poems, and is mentioned in "The Raven". If spelt LeNoir it is pronounced "Lay-nwar", if Lenoir then "Len-or". It is French in origin and means "The Black".