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Luo

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member of a people living mainly in Kenya with a smaller population in northern Tanzania.
  • noun The Nilotic language spoken by the Luo.
  • noun Any of several other peoples of eastern and central Africa ethnically related to the Luo of Kenya.
  • noun Any of the Nilotic languages spoken by these peoples.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun An ethnic group in southern Sudan, Kenya, and neighboring countries.
  • proper noun The Nilotic language spoken by this group, also known as Dholuo.
  • proper noun A surname of Chinese origin: 罗 (Luō), 洛 (Luò).
  • proper noun Luo River in China

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Luo, ethnic self-desigation.]

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Examples

  • Shaoqiang and Qin Luo He, known as "Jack" and "Casey," were battling legal and health problems at the time.

    After custody battle, Chinese girl set to be united with birth parents 2007

  • Luo is a typical example of how a migrant worker can go off the rails due to sexual frustration.

    Chinese Migrants Troubled by Lack of Sex | Impact Lab 2006

  • I called Luo to ask him why annotating, archiving, and searching of digital images is still largely a manual task akin to placing prints in a photo albums.

    Material World: December 2007 Tracy Staedter 2007

  • I called Luo to ask him why annotating, archiving, and searching of digital images is still largely a manual task akin to placing prints in a photo albums.

    Material World: Where Oh Where Art Thou, Digital Image? Tracy Staedter 2007

  • Many people will tell you that the Luo are a fish-eating people.

    Dreams From My Father Obama, Barack 1995

  • The Luo are the third largest ethnic group (13 percent) in Kenya, after the Kikuyu (20 percent) and the Luhya (17 percent).

    Latest Articles Bay View National Black Newspaper 2010

  • Or as Mr. Mazrui informed all of us during the January symposium which was supposed to be about Blacks and abolition of the U.S. slave trade, the United States may beat Kenya by electing the first "Luo" president.

    BHM (Black History Month) Marian 2008

  • Or as Mr. Mazrui informed all of us during the January symposium which was supposed to be about Blacks and abolition of the U.S. slave trade, the United States may beat Kenya by electing the first "Luo" president.

    Black History Month on the Eve of the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election Marian 2008

  • Or as Mr. Mazrui informed all of us during the January symposium which was supposed to be about Blacks and abolition of the U.S. slave trade, the United States may beat Kenya by electing the first "Luo" president.

    Wash, dc Local Marian 2008

  • Or as Mr. Mazrui informed all of us during the January symposium which was supposed to be about Blacks and abolition of the U.S. slave trade, the United States may beat Kenya by electing the first "Luo" president.

    Culture/ethnicity/race Marian 2008

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