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Luo
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Appendix:Variations of "luo"
English
Etymology 1
en luo -, as an ethnic self-designation.
Pronunciation
lo͞o′ō lə-wō′ lwō
en /ˈluː.əʊ̯/ /ləˈwəʊ̯/ /lwəʊ̯/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Luo.wav Southern England
en /ˈlu.oʊ̯/ /ləˈwoʊ̯/ /lwoʊ̯/ GenAm,CanE
en /ˈlʉː.əʉ̯/ /ləˈwəʉ̯/ /lwəʉ̯/ AuE
en /ˈlʉː.ɐʉ̯/ /ləˈwɐʉ̯/ /lwɐʉ̯/ NZE
en /ˈlʉ.o/ /ləˈwo/ /lwo/ ScE
en /ˈluː.oː/ /luˈwoː/ /lwoː/ InE
en uːəʊ əʊ 2 1,2
en Lu o Luo
Noun
* +
en Q8886726 An ethnic group in southern Sudan, Kenya, and neighboring countries.
Translations
tribal group in eastern Africa Q8886726
Czech: cs
Finnish: fi luo
Luo: luo
Portuguese: pt luo m-p
Russian: ru
Slovak: sk
Swahili: sw Mjaluo Wajaluo
Proper noun
en Q1437354 The Nilotic language spoken by this group.
en Dholuo<id:Q1437354>
Derived terms
en Luoland
Translations
language Q1437354
Czech: cs luoština
Finnish: fi luo
Luo: luo Dholuo
Portuguese: pt língua luo f, pt luo m
Russian: ru долу́о, ru лу́о
Slovak: sk luoština
Swahili: sw Kijaluo
Further reading
luo
Etymology 2
en cmn 洛.
Alternative forms
en Lo Wade-Giles
Pronunciation
lô
Proper noun
en Q937661 en river p/Shaanxi c/China, tributary to the Wei.
en Q1204978 en river p/Henan c/China, tributary to the Yellow River.
en 1982 Zhongshu Wang Luoyang: The Capital City of Eastern Han K. C. Chang; et al. Han Civilization https://archive.org/details/hancivilization0000wang/ w:Yale University Press 978-0-300-02723-5 81-11697 876028827 29 https://archive.org/details/hancivilization0000wang/page/29/ The remains of the capital of the Eastern Han dynasty, Luoyang 洛阳, are situated approximately 15 km east of the present-day city of Luoyang in Henan. Since the site is bordered on the north by the Mangshan 邙山 Mountains and overlooks the Luo River to the south, it has protective natural barriers and is also at an important junction for transportation and communication (fig. 37).
en 6 November 2001 Josephine Ma Villagers ill after river poisoned by cyanide https://web.archive.org/web/20230904221944/https://www.scmp.com/article/362208/villagers-ill-after-river-poisoned-cyanide 04 September 2023 https://www.scmp.com/article/362208/villagers-ill-after-river-poisoned-cyanide w:South China Morning Post 1563-9371 648902513 Several dozen animals have died and villagers are suffering nausea and dizziness after a massive spill of cyanide into the Luo River in Henan province.
en 2010 Alexander Monro Luoyang China: City and Exile https://archive.org/details/chinacityexile0000unse/ Eland Publishing Ltd 978-1-906011-30-7 427612816 70 https://archive.org/details/chinacityexile0000unse/page/70/ A tributary of the Yellow River, the Luo River runs through Luoyang as well as several other ancient Chinese cities.
en Q28409314 en river p/Fujian c/China, flowing into the Taiwan Strait.
en Q65926154 en Chinese.
Further reading
en 1998 Luo River Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-11040-2 98-071262 164337564 1805 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1805/ 3
Etymology 3
en cmn 羅. en Law Lo.
Alternative forms
en Lo Wade-Giles
Pronunciation
lô
Proper noun
s
en Q717763 en Chinese.
Trivia
According to the 2010 United States Census, Luo is the 3,564th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10,005 individuals. Luo is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (97.57%) individuals.
References
Further reading
Anagrams
en lou Lou UOL oul oul'
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