Lo
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lo"
English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Lo
- An abbreviated form of surnames beginning with "Lo-".
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Mandarin 洛 (Luò) Wade–Giles romanization: Lo⁴.
Alternative forms
- (from Hanyu Pinyin of Mandarin) Luo
Proper noun
Lo
- A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
- 1971, Burton Watson, “Introduction”, in Chinese Rhyme-Prose[1], Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 57:
- Ts’ao Chih’s “Goddess of the Lo” at first reading appears to depart from the prevailing current of realism which I have outlined above, describing as it does a vision of Fu-fei, the goddess of the Lo River, as she reveals herself to the poet.
- 1973, Edward H. Schafer, The Divine Woman: Dragon Ladies and Rain Maidens in T'ang Literature[2], San Francisco: North Point Press, published 1980, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 68:
- The waters of the Lo River enjoyed a reputation as venerable as those of the great Ho itself, into which it ultimately empties.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lo.
Translations
Luo — see Luo
Etymology 3
From Cantonese 盧 / 卢 (lou4) and Hokkien 盧 / 卢 (Lô͘).
Proper noun
Lo
See also
Etymology 4
From Mandarin 羅 / 罗 (Luó) or Cantonese 羅 / 罗 (lo4).
Proper noun
Lo
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
Proper noun
Lo
- a surname from Hakka
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German lāga. Cognate with German Lage. Related to leien.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /loː/
- Rhymes: -oː
Noun
Lo f (plural Loen)
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 盧 / 卢 (Lô͘).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlo/ [ˈlo]
- Rhymes: -o
- Syllabification: Lo
Proper noun
Lo (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓ)
- a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Lo is the 434th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 20,365 individuals.