Lua or LUA may refer to:
Science and technology
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Lua (programming language)
Lua ( ; from meaning ''moon'') is a lightweight, high-level, multi-paradigm programming language designed primarily for embedded use in applications. Lua is cross-platform, since the interpreter of compiled bytecode is written in ANSI C, an ...
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Latvia University of Agriculture
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Last universal ancestor, in evolution
Ethnicity and language
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Lua people
The Lua people () are a minority ethnic group native to Laos, although there is now a sizable community living in Thailand. ''Lua is their preferred autonym (self-designation), while their Lao neighbours tend to call them Thin, T'in or Htin ...
, of Laos
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Lawa people, of Thailand sometimes referred to as Lua
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Lua language (disambiguation), several languages (including Lua’)
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Luba-Kasai language
Luba-Kasai, also known as Western Luba, ''Bena-Lulua, Cilubà/Tshilubà'', ''Luba-Lulua'' or ''Luva'', is a Bantu language ( Zone L) of Central Africa and a national language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, alongside Lingala, Swahil ...
, ISO 639 code
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Lai (surname)
Lai () is a common Chinese surname that is pronounced similarly in both Mandarin and Hakka dialects. The meaning of the character used in the Lai (賴) surname is "depend on; trust in; rely on". Conversely the words, 无赖 literally translate ...
(賴), Chinese, sometimes romanised as Lua
Places
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Tenzing-Hillary Airport (IATA code), in Lukla, Nepal
* One of the
Duff Islands
People
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Lua (goddess), a Roman goddess
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Saint Lua (died c 609)
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Lua Blanco (born 1987), Brazilian actress and singer
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Lua Getsinger
Louise Aurora Getsinger (1 November 1871, Hume, New York – 2 May 1916, Cairo, Egypt), known as Lua, was one of the first Western members of the Baháʼí Faith, recognized as joining the religion on May 21, 1897, just two years after Thorn ...
(1871–1916)
* A member of
Weki Meki band
Other uses
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Lua (martial art), of Hawaii
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"Lua" (song), by Bright Eyes
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