Loreto is Italian for laurel-wood. A town in Italy named Loreto holds an important Christian shrine, which lead to the spread of the name to many other countries. It may refer to: Places Argentina Loreto, Santiago del Estero, Argentina Loreto, Misiones, village and municipality in Misiones Province, Argentina Bolivia Loreto, Beni, Bolivia Brazil Loreto (Maranhão), Brazil Ecuador Loreto Canton, a canton in Orellana Province, Ecuador Italy Loreto, Marche, Italy, home of the Basilica della Santa Casa after which the other shrines are named Loreto Aprutino, Pescara, Italy Mexico Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico Loreto, Zacatecas, Mexico Paraguay Loreto, Concepción Department, Paraguay Peru Loreto Region, Peru Loreto Province, Peru Philippines Loreto, Agusan del Sur, Philippines Loreto, Dinagat Islands, Philippines Switzerland Loreto, Switzerland, a district of Lugano, Switzerland Other Loreto (meteorite), found in 1896 in Baja California Sur, Mexico Loreto (Milan Metro), a subway station on the Line 1 of Milan Metro Nicolás del Campo (full name "Nicolás Francisco Cristóbal del Campo, Marquis of Loreto", 1725–1803), sometimes referred to as "Viceroy Loreto" People Loreto Carbonell (1933-2017), Filipino basketball player Loreto Cucchiarelli (born 1943), Italian former rugby union player now serving as a coach Loreto Di Franco (1578–1638), Roman Catholic prelate Loreto Garza (born 1962), former American boxer and light welterweight world champion Loreto Silva (born 1964), female Chilean deputy minister See also Loreta (disambiguation) Loreto College (disambiguation), list of schools named Loreto College or Loreto School Loreto Department Loreto Municipality (disambiguation) Loretto (disambiguation) Litany of Loreto Notre Dame de Lorette, the name of a ridge, basilica, and French national cemetery northwest of Arras at the village of Ablain-Saint-Nazaire Sisters of Loreto, a women's Catholic religious order founded by an Englishwoman, Mary Ward, in 1609 Basilica della Santa Casa, Holy House of Loreto Italian unisex given names