Lu
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lu¹
- /luː/
Sounds like loo, Lou, lew, lieu, Liu (yod-dropping) · Rhymes with -uː
noun
- Archaic form of loo (“card game”).loo
verb lus · luing · lued
- Archaic form of loo (“beat at card game”).loo
lu²
- /luː/
Sounds like loo, Lou, lew, lieu, Liu (yod-dropping) · Rhymes with -uː
Where it comes from
A romanization of Chinese 路 (lù, “route”)
noun lus
- Synonym of route or circuit, an administrative division of imperial China.
Lu³
Where it comes from
Clipping of Lucy, Lucille, and similar names.
proper noun
- A diminutive of the female given name Lucy and related names. "Why?" said Lucy in amazement, "haven't you all been wondering where I was?" "So you've been hiding, have you?" Peter said. "Poor old Lu, hiding and nobody noticed!
Lu⁴
- /ˈlu/
Where it comes from
From Mandarin surname pronunciations
proper noun Lus
- A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 呂／吕 (Lǚ). Lu Yan [translating 呂巖 /吕岩] (A.D. 798–?), courtesy name Dongbin, literary name Chunyangzi. According to tradition, Luzu [translating 呂祖 /吕祖 (Lǚzǔ)] was from Jingzhao [translating 京兆 (Jīngzhào)] Prefecture, in which Changan, the Tang Dynasty (618–908) capital, was situated; however, he is also repute
- A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 盧／卢 (Lú).
- A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 陸／陆 (Lù).
- A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 魯／鲁 (Lǔ).
- A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 路 (Lù).
- A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 蘆／芦 (Lú).
- A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 祿／禄 (Lù).
- A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 逯 (Lù).
- A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 鹿 (Lù).
Lu⁵
- /ˈlu/
Where it comes from
From Hokkien 呂 /吕 (Lū).
proper noun Lus
- A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Lu⁶
- /ˈlu/
- /ˈl(i)oʊ/
Where it comes from
From Mandarin 魯 /鲁 (lǔ, “Lǔ”) pronunciation of Chinese 魯 /鲁 (lǔ).
proper noun Loo · Lou · Louh
- 魯國／鲁国 (Lǔguó); An ancient vassal state of China that existed approximately between 1042–249 BC.
Lu⁷
proper noun
- Synonym of Luren (“a Chinese language”).
LU⁸
proper noun
- Initialism of London Underground.London Underground
- Initialism of Liberty Union Party.Liberty Union Party
- Initialism of La Union: a province of the Ilocos Region, Philippines.La Union
noun LUs
- Initialism of livestock unit.livestock unit
LU⁹
Where it comes from
Short for lower-upper.
noun
- A matrix decomposition which writes a matrix as the product of a lower and upper triangular matrix, used in numerical analysis to solve systems of linear equations or find the inverse of a matrix.
