lu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Archaic form of loo (“card game”).
verb
  1. Archaic form of loo (“beat at card game”).
noun
  1. Synonym of route or circuit, an administrative division of imperial China.
name
  1. A diminutive of the female given name Lucy and related names.
name
  1. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
  2. A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 呂/吕 (Lǚ).
  3. A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 盧/卢 (Lú).
  4. A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 陸/陆 (Lù).
  5. A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 魯/鲁 (Lǔ).
  6. A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 路 (Lù).
  7. A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 蘆/芦 (Lú).
  8. A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 祿/禄 (Lù).
  9. A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 逯 (Lù).
  10. A Chinese surname from Mandarin from 鹿 (Lù).
name
  1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
name
  1. 魯國/鲁国 (Lǔguó); An ancient vassal state of China that existed approximately between 1042–249 BC.
name
  1. Synonym of Luren (“a Chinese language”).
name
  1. Initialism of London Underground.
  2. Initialism of Liberty Union Party.
  3. Initialism of La Union.
noun
  1. Initialism of livestock unit.
noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/luː/ /ˈlu/ /ˈl(i)oʊ/

Word forms

lu lus luing lued Loo Lou Louh

Etymology

A romanization of Chinese 路 (lù, “route”)

Synonyms

route or circuit Luren
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