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Lua^¹

/ˈluːə/

Rhymes with -uːə

Where it comes from

From Portuguese lua (“moon”). Doublet of Luna and Roxane.

proper noun

A lightweight programming language with dynamic typing. Lua is a dynamically typed language. This means that variables do not have types; only values do. There are no type definitions in the language. All values carry their own type. All values in Lua are first-class values. This means that all values can be stored in variables, passed as arguments to ot

LUA^²

noun

abbreviation, acronym, uncountable Acronym of launch under attack
abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of last universal ancestor

Translations

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name a programming language (transliterations)

한국어	루아 Rua
日本語	ルア Rua
हिन्दी	लुआ luā
Português	Lua
Русский	Лу́а Lúa
العربية	لُوَا luwā
עברית	לואה luah

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MLA

"Lua." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lua. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Lua. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lua

Chicago

"Lua." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lua.

BibTeX

@misc{lua_2026,
  title = {Lua},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lua},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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