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Luchu
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lùchū
English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
en Ryukyu island chain.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from en cmn 碌曲 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Lu⁴-chʻü¹.
Proper noun
en Luqu (China)
en January 16, 2013 Andrew Jacobs China Arrests 7 in New Effort to Stop Tibetan Self-Immolations https://web.archive.org/web/20130117184750/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/17/world/asia/china-arrests-7-in-new-effort-to-stop-tibetan-self-immolations.html 17 January 2013 w:The New York Times Last month, eight people were detained on accusations of trying to publicize a self-immolation in Luchu County in Gansu Province.
Etymology 3
thumb|zh 高雄市立路竹高級中學Kaohsiung Municipal Lu Chu Senior High School
Borrowed from en cmn 路竹 en cmn-wadegiles -en 2006 Taiwan place names https://web.archive.org/web/20061001212733/https://pinyin.info/taiwan/place_names.html Pinyin.info This list of city and county names of places in Taiwan gives Chinese characters, Hanyu Pinyin, Tongyong Pinyin, and a commonly seen older form (usually bastardized Wade-Giles).zh 鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old formszh 路竹鄉 / Luzhu / Lùzhú / Lujhu / Luchu romanization: Lu⁴-chu².
Proper noun
en Lujhu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
en May 13, 1973 New zones slated for industries 自由中國週報 Free China Weekly https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1973-05-13_14_18/ XIV 18 Taipei 0016-0318 1786626 4 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1973-05-13_14_18/page/n3/ 1 The provincial government said three more industrial zones will be developed next year in southern Taiwan. They are located at Pingtung, Kangshan and Luchu in Kaohsiung county.
en 1988 Conference on Labor and Economic Development, December 21-23, 1988 https://books.google.com/books?id=tES1AAAAIAAJ 22865769 287 In August 1988, employees of the Hohsinhsing Company asked the local branch leader of the KMT at Luchu, Kaohsiung County, to lead their representatives to talk with the Kaohsiung County Union to claim for arrears of wages from the
en 2020 Ching-Hua Huang Exploring Innovative Teaching and Problem-Based Learning in Placemaking of Sustainable Development Education And Awareness Of Sustainability Proceedings Of The 3rd Eurasian https://books.google.com/books?id=EzgNEAAAQBAJ 10.1142/9789811228001_fmatter 978-981-122-935-0 1193127989 388 https://books.google.com/books?id=EzgNEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA388 1 By the Erren River, it meets Hunei Township and Luchu Township of Kaohsiung County in the south.
en 2020-08-20 Tiffany Chien 高雄路竹台1線拓寬 居民不滿屢遭拆遷 Residents Protest Houses Being Demolished 3 Times Due to Highway Widening https://web.archive.org/web/20221015124000/https://news.pts.org.tw/article/491252 15 October 2022 w:Public Television Service Residents living along the No. 1 Provincial Highway in Kaohsiung's Luchu District are voicing their anger, as the road widening project has been delayed for years, with their residences being torn down and built, and torn down over again.
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Etymology 4
thumb|zh 蘆竹鄉公所Luchu Township Office
Borrowed from en cmn 蘆竹// Lúzhú en cmn-wadegiles -en 2006 Taiwan place names https://web.archive.org/web/20061001212733/https://pinyin.info/taiwan/place_names.html Pinyin.info This list of city and county names of places in Taiwan gives Chinese characters, Hanyu Pinyin, Tongyong Pinyin, and a commonly seen older form (usually bastardized Wade-Giles).zh 鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old formszh 蘆竹鄉 / Luzhu / Lúzhú / Lujhu / Luchu romanization: Lu²-chu².
Proper noun
en Luzhu (Taoyuan, Taiwan)
en 2003 時間的刻度: 臺灣美術戰後五十年作品展 The Graduations of Time: 50 Years Taiwanese Art since the End of World War II https://books.google.com/books?id=DEbAQAAMAAJ 9789572859902 156491236 1853 In a rush hour just after the office one day, I managed to have left the traffic jam in downtown Taipei and drove into the splendid elite residence in Luchu, Taoyuan County.
en 2004 Roger Mark Selya Growth, Distribution, Composition, and Structure Development and Demographic Change in Taiwan https://books.google.com/books?id=V4xpDQAAQBAJ 981-238-666-1 2004041410 61247423 93 https://books.google.com/books?id=V4xpDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA93 The aging process has continued to spread (Figures 2.22-2.24). Using 7 percent as the standard to define an aging population (Sheng, 1997; United Nations, 1956), in 1963 only one township, Luchu, Taoyuan hsien, qualified as an "old" or aging area.
en 2008 91-96年度水土保持重要成果彙編(下) https://books.google.com/books?id=ZW0mDwAAQBAJ 9789860169461 848904399 182 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZW0mDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA182 The persistent torrential rain in June 2006 caused the landslide of the downside slope and the roadbed sinking on Tao-Bei Township Road No. 4 in Luchu Township, Taoyuan County.
en 2018/03/21 Renée Salmonsen Asia's largest vertical farm is located in northern Taiwan https://web.archive.org/web/20180321122716/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3387047 21 March 2018 w:Taiwan News Environment Yes Health iFarm (zh 源鮮智慧農場), in Taoyuan’s Luchu Township, is the largest indoor plant producer in Asia, currently employing 130 staff members.
en October 26, 2019 Three Vietnamese charged with human trafficking https://web.archive.org/web/20191026131206/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/10/26/2003724673 26 October 2019 w:Taipei Times 1563-9525 464696902 Taiwan News 2 Mai and her Taiwanese husband, Hsiao Yun-liang (zh 蕭運良), were accused of helping to hide the Vietnamese and arranging employment for them as transport workers in Luchu (zh 蘆竹), Taoyuan.
en n.d. Luzhu Branch https://web.archive.org/web/20201125194101/https://tytax.tycg.gov.tw/en/home.jsp?id=20&parentpath=0,6,15 25 November 2020 zh:桃園市政府地方稅務局<t:Department of Taxation, Taoyuan> Take Line Yellow (Nankan district), Line Red (Dachu district), Line Blue Sea (Shanjiao district), and Green Mountain (Shanjiao district) and get off at the stop Civil Affairs Office of Luchu District to reach Luchu Branch(please go to the 2nd floor of Civil Affairs Office of Luzhu District).
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