Luo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "luo"

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.əʊ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.oʊ/, /ləˈwoʊ/
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -uːəʊ, (General American) -oʊ

Etymology 1

Noun

Luo pl (plural only)

1. An ethnic group in southern Sudan, Kenya, and neighboring countries.

Translations

tribal group in eastern Africa

• Portuguese: luo (pt) m pl
• Swahili: Wajaluo

Proper noun

Luo

1. The Nilotic language spoken by this group, also known as Dholuo.

Synonyms

• (Nilotic language): Dholuo

Translations

language

• Czech: luoština
• Finnish: luo (fi)
• Luo: Dholuo
• Portuguese: língua luo f, luo (pt) m
• Russian: долуо (doluo), луо (ru) (luo)
• Slovak: luoština
• Swahili: Kijaluo

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Luo, luo ⁠

Etymology 2

From the pinyin romanization of Chinese 洛 (Luò).

Alternative forms

• Lo (Wade–Giles)

Proper noun

Luo

1. A river in Shaanxi, China, tributary to the Wei.
2. A river in Henan, China, tributary to the Yellow River.
   • 1982, Zhongshu Wang, “Luoyang: The Capital City of Eastern Han”, in K. C. Chang et al., transl., Han Civilization‎^[1], Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, 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).

   • 2001 November 6, Josephine Ma, “Villagers ill after river poisoned by cyanide”, in South China Morning Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 September 2023‎^[3]:

     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.

3. A river in Fujian, China, flowing into the Taiwan Strait.
4. A surname from Chinese.

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Luo River”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1805, column 3

Etymology 3

From the pinyin romanization of Chinese 羅／罗 (Luō).

Alternative forms

• Lo (Wade–Giles)

Proper noun

Luo

1. A surname from Chinese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Luo is the 3,564^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10,005 individuals. Luo is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (97.57%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Lou, UOL, oul, oul'