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lu

noun
/luː//ˈlu/

Etymology

From Mandarin 魯 /鲁 (lǔ, “Lǔ”) pronunciation of Chinese 魯 /鲁 (lǔ).

  1. derived from 魯
  2. derived from 魯

Definitions

  1. Archaic form of loo (“card game”).

  2. Archaic form of loo (“beat at card game”).

  3. Synonym of route or circuit, an administrative division of imperial China.

  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. 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!

    2. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

    3. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

    4. 魯國／鲁国 (Lǔguó)

      魯國／鲁国 (Lǔguó); An ancient vassal state of China that existed approximately between 1042–249 BC.

    5. Synonym of Luren (“a Chinese language”).

    6. Initialism of London Underground.

    7. Initialism of Liberty Union Party.

    8. Initialism of La Union.

    9. Initialism of livestock unit.

    10. A matrix decomposition which writes a matrix as the product of a lower and upper…

      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.

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