name
Meaning 1
The Nilotic language spoken by this group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Dholuo
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Luo
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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lo͞o′ō
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lə-wō′
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lwō
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈluː.əʊ̯/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ləˈwəʊ̯/
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Received-Pronunciation: /lwəʊ̯/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Canada, General-American: /ˈlu.oʊ̯/
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Canada, General-American: /ləˈwoʊ̯/
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Canada, General-American: /lwoʊ̯/
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Australian: /ˈlʉː.əʉ̯/
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Australian: /ləˈwəʉ̯/
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Australian: /lwəʉ̯/
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New-Zealand: /ˈlʉː.ɐʉ̯/
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New-Zealand: /ləˈwɐʉ̯/
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New-Zealand: /lwɐʉ̯/
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Scotland: /ˈlʉ.o/
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Scotland: /ləˈwo/
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Scotland: /lwo/
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India: /ˈluː.oː/
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India: /luˈwoː/
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India: /lwoː/
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rhymes with -uːəʊ
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rhymes with -əʊ
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lô
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CMU ARPABET: L W OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A river in Shaanxi, China, tributary to the Wei.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A river in Henan, China, tributary to the Yellow River.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 4
A river in Fujian, China, flowing into the Taiwan Strait.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 5
A surname from Chinese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
An ethnic group in southern Sudan, Kenya, and neighboring countries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
a Nilotic language
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Nilotic, Nilotic language
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Luo, as an ethnic self-designation.
Transliteration of Mandarin 洛 (luò).
Transliteration of Mandarin 羅 /罗 (luó). Doublet of Law and Lo.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: luoština — language
- Finnish: luo — language
- Luo: Dholuo — language
- Portuguese: língua luo — language
- Portuguese: luo — language
- Russian: долу́о (dolúo) — language
- Russian: лу́о (lúo) — language
- Slovak: luoština — language
- Swahili: Kijaluo — language
- Finnish: luo — tribal group in eastern Africa
- Portuguese: luo — tribal group in eastern Africa
- Swahili: Wajaluo — tribal group in eastern Africa