Luo may refer to:
Luo peoples and languages
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Luo peoples, an ethno-linguistic group of eastern and central Africa
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Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania or Joluo, an ethnic group in western Kenya, eastern Uganda, and northern Tanzania.
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Luoland, the tribal homeland of the group immediately above
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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
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Luo language (Kenya and Tanzania) or Dholuo
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Southern Luo, a dialect cluster of Uganda and neighboring countries
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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
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Luo (surname)
Luo or Lo refers to the Mandarin romanizations of the Chinese surnames 羅 (Simplified Chinese: 罗, pinyin: Luó, Jyutping: Lo4) and 駱 (Simplified Chinese: 骆, pinyin: Luò, Jyutping: Lok3). Of the two surnames, wikt:罗 is much more c ...
(羅), Chinese surname
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Luò (surname) (駱), Chinese surname
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Jing Jing Luo, Chinese composer
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Luo Changqing, killed in the 2019 Hong Kong protests
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Michael Luo (born 1976), American journalist
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Show Lo
Show Lo Chih Hsiang (; born July 30, 1979) is a Taiwanese singer, actor and host. He is commonly known by his nickname Hsiao Chu (Little Pig) (). Lo is recognized for his trademark dance music and comedic talent. He has over 50 million followe ...
(born 1979), Taiwanese singer, dancer and actor
Geography
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Luo (state), a Chinese feudal state, 11th–7th centuries B.C.
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Luo River (Henan) (洛河, Luohe), a tributary of the Yellow River, flows mostly in Henan province of China
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Luo River (Shaanxi) (洛河, Luohe), river in Shaanxi, China, second largest tributary of the Wei River
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Luo River (Fujian) (洛江, Luojiang), river in Fujian, China; flows into Quanzhou Bay of Taiwan Strait
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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, Nanyan ...
Other uses
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Luo (instrument), a type of Chinese gong
*Luo, a character in the novel ''
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress'' by Dai Sijie
See also
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LUO, the IATA abbreviation for Luena Airport in Angola
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Luo River (disambiguation)
Luo River may refer to:
*Luo River (Henan) (洛河, Luòhé), a tributary of the Yellow River, flows mostly in Henan province of China
*Luo River (Shaanxi) (洛河, Luòhé), also known as the North Luo Rive (北洛河, Běi Luòhé), a river in ...
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