Definition of Lourdes in English:
Lourdes
proper nounlʊədluʀdlʊ(ə)rd
A town in south-western France, at the foot of the Pyrenees; population 15,698 (2006). It has been a major place of Roman Catholic pilgrimage since 1858 when a young peasant girl, Marie Bernarde Soubirous (St Bernadette), claimed to have had a series of visions of the Virgin Mary.
Rhymes
gourd, self-assured, uncured, uninsured, unobscured, unsecured
Definition of Lourdes in US English:
Lourdes
proper nounlo͝o(ə)rdlʊ(ə)rd
A town in southwestern France, at the foot of the Pyrenees; population 15,698 (2006). It has been a major place of Roman Catholic pilgrimage since 1858 when a young peasant girl, Marie Bernarde Soubirous (St. Bernadette), claimed to have had a series of visions of the Virgin Mary.