Luo may refer to:

Luo peoples and languages

Luo peoples The Luo, (also spelled Lwo) are several ethnically and linguistically related Nilo-Semitic ethnic groups that inhabit an area ranging from Egypt and Sudan to South Sudan and Ethiopia, through Northern Uganda and eastern Congo (DRC), into we ...

, an ethno-linguistic group of eastern and central Africa **

Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania The Luo of Kenya and Tanzania are a Nilotic ethnic group native to western Kenya and the Mara Region of northern Tanzania in East Africa. The Luo are the fourth-largest ethnic group (10.65%) in Kenya, after the Kikuyu (17.13%), the Luhya ( ...

or Joluo, an ethnic group in western Kenya, eastern Uganda, and northern Tanzania. ***

Luoland Luoland (historically "Kavirondo") is the tribal homeland of the Kenya Luo (also called Jo-Luo or Kavirondo), a people of western Kenya, also extending into eastern Uganda and northern Tanzania. This area consists roughly of the basin surrounding W ...

, the tribal homeland of the group immediately above *

Luo languages The dozen Luo, Lwo or Lwoian languages are spoken by the Luo peoples in an area ranging from southern Sudan to western Ethiopia to southern Kenya, with Dholuo extending into northern Tanzania and Alur into the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...

, a dozen languages spoken by the Luo peoples **

Luo language (Kenya and Tanzania) The Dholuo dialect (pronounced ) or ''Nilotic Kavirondo'', is a dialect of the Luo group of Nilotic languages, spoken by about 4.2 million Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania, who occupy parts of the eastern shore of Lake Victoria and areas to the ...

or Dholuo **

Southern Luo Southern Luo is a dialect cluster of Uganda and neighboring countries. Although Southern Luo dialects are mutually intelligible, there are six ethnically and culturally distinct varieties which are considered to be separate languages socially. P ...

, a dialect cluster of Uganda and neighboring countries *

Luo language (Cameroon) The Luo language is an unclassified language spoken in a section of the Atta region of Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country ...

, a nearly extinct language of Cameroon - not associated with Luo languages above

People

* Luo (surname) (羅), Chinese surname *

Luò (surname) Luò () is a Chinese surname, also known as Lo in Wade-Giles romanization It is pronounced Loc, Lock or Locke in Cantonese. According to a 2013 study it was the 163rd most common surname, shared by 960,000 people or 0.073% of the population, with ...

(駱), Chinese surname * Jing Jing Luo, Chinese composer *

Luo Changqing Luo Changqing, a 70-year-old cleaner, died from head injuries sustained after he was hit by a brick thrown by a Hong Kong protester during a violent confrontation between two groups in Sheung Shui, Hong Kong on 13 November 2019. Following his in ...

, killed in the 2019 Hong Kong protests * Michael Luo (born 1976), American journalist * Show Lo (born 1979), Taiwanese singer, dancer and actor

Geography

Luo (state) Luo was a minor feudal Chinese feudal state that existed during the Shang Dynasty Afterwards when zhou overthrew Shang it became one of Zhou states During Spring and Autumn Period The Spring and Autumn period was a period in Chinese history ...

, a Chinese feudal state, 11th–7th centuries B.C. *

Luo River (Henan) The Luo River () is a tributary of the Yellow River in China. It rises in the southeast flank of Mount Hua in Shaanxi province and flows east into Henan province, where it eventually joins the Yellow River at the city of Gongyi. The river's tota ...

(洛河, Luohe), a tributary of the Yellow River, flows mostly in Henan province of China *

Luo River (Shaanxi) Luo River, also known by its Chinese name as the is a tributary of the Wei River. It flows through the Loess Plateau and has a length of about . History The area between the Luo and the Yellow River was known in ancient China as Hexi (, " and ...

(洛河, Luohe), river in Shaanxi, China, second largest tributary of the Wei River *

Luo River (Fujian) The Luoyang River, or Luoyang Jiang, is a river in Quanzhou in Fujian, China. It flows in the general southern direction and forms a long and wide estuary as it enters Quanzhou Bay on the Taiwan Strait. The estuary separates Quanzhou's Luojiang an ...

(洛江, Luojiang), river in Fujian, China; flows into Quanzhou Bay of Taiwan Strait *

Luo Scientific Reserve The Luo Scientific Reserve (french: Réserve Scientifique de Luo) is a protected area situated in the Ikela territory of Tshuapa province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The reserve covers . The reserve is in the territory of the Bongando p ...

, a protected area in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Luo (also Luoyi 洛邑) the ancient Zhou capital: see

Luoyang Luoyang is a city located in the confluence area of Luo River and Yellow River in the west of Henan province. Governed as a prefecture-level city, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the southeast, Nanyang ...

Other uses

Luo (instrument) A gongFrom Indonesian and ms, gong; jv, ꦒꦺꦴꦁ ; zh, c=鑼, p=luó; ja, , dora; km, គង ; th, ฆ้อง ; vi, cồng chiêng; as, কাঁহ is a percussion instrument originating in East Asia and Southeast Asia. Gongs ...

, a type of Chinese gong *Luo, a character in the novel ''

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress ''Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress'' (french: Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise, links=no) is a semi-autobiographical novella written by Dai Sijie, and published in 2000 in French and in English in 2001. A film based on his novel di ...

'' by Dai Sijie

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