name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
lue
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ljuː/
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/luː/ yod-dropping
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rhymes with -uː
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homophone: lew
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homophone: lieu
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homophone: Liu
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homophone: loo
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homophone: Lou
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homophone: lu (yod-dropping)
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CMU ARPABET: L UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 3
To sift using a sieve, particularly in mining tin or silver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, transitive
Topics: business, mining
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History
Etymology
From the Dutch and north German surname, spelling variant of Loo.
Clipping of dillue (“sift with a sieve”), from Cornish dyllo (“sift with a sieve”).