Lua or LUA may refer to:

Science and technology

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, ...

Latvia University of Agriculture The Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies ( lv, Latvijas Biozinātņu un tehnoloģiju universitāte (''LBTU'')), previously Latvia University of Agriculture (LUA; (''LLU'')), is a university in Jelgava, Latvia, specializing in agric ...

Last universal ancestor The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the most recent population from which all organisms now living on Earth share common descent—the most recent common ancestor of all current life on Earth. This includes all cellular organisms; th ...

, in evolution

Ethnicity and language

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 *

Lawa people Lawa ( th, ลัวะ or ; ) are an ethnic group in northern Thailand. The Lawa language is related to the Blang and the Wa language found in China and Burma, and belongs to the Palaungic languages, a branch of the Austroasiatic languages. Th ...

, of Thailand sometimes referred to as Lua *

Lua language (disambiguation) Lua may refer to the following languages: African * Luba-Kasai language (ISO 639 code: lua), a Bantu language of Central Africa * Niellim language, also known as Lua, a Niger–Congo language of southern Chad Austroasiatic * Lawa language, or L ...

, several languages (including Lua’) *

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, Swahi ...

, ISO 639 code *

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

Tenzing-Hillary Airport Tenzing-Hillary Airport , also known as Lukla Airport, is a domestic airport and altiport in the town of Lukla, in Khumbu Pasanglhamu, Solukhumbu District, Province No. 1 of Nepal. It gained worldwide fame as it was rated the most danger ...

(IATA code), in Lukla, Nepal * One of the

Duff Islands The Duff Islands are a small island group lying to the northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands in the Solomon Islands province of Temotu. They are also sometimes known as the Wilson Islands. Location and geography The islands are located at 9°51' ...

People

Lua (goddess) In Roman mythology, Lua was a goddess to whom soldiers sacrificed captured weapons of enemy combatants. She is sometimes referred to as "Lua Mater" or "Lua Saturni", the latter of which makes her a consort of Saturn Saturn is the sixth plan ...

, a Roman goddess *

Saint Lua Saint Molua (d. c 609),''The Oxford Dictionary of Saints'', p.343 (also known as ''Lua'', ''Da Lua''), was an Irish saint, who was a Christian abbot in the Early Middle Ages. Saint Molua's feast day is on 4 August. He is venerated in the Catholi ...

(died c 609) * Lua Blanco (born 1987), Brazilian actress and singer * Lua Getsinger (1871–1916) * A member of

Weki Meki Weki Meki (; abbreviated as WEME or WKMK) is a South Korean girl group formed by Fantagio in 2017. The group consists of eight members: Suyeon, Elly, Yoojung, Doyeon, Sei, Lua, Rina, and Lucy. History Pre-debut The members started out as trai ...

band

Other uses

* Lua (martial art), of Hawaii * "Lua" (song), by Bright Eyes {{Disambiguation