Lo

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English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Lo

  1. An abbreviated form of surnames beginning with "Lo-".
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Mandarin (Luò) Wade–Giles romanization: Lo⁴.

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Lo

  1. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
    • 1971, Burton Watson, “Introduction”, in Chinese Rhyme-Prose, 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, 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.
    • 1980, Papers on Far Eastern History, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22:
      He also spent time lecturing in neighbouring counties, such as the free school in Lo-ning 洛寧, Honan, later known as the Lo-hsi shu-yüan 洛西書院 or ' Academy West of the Lo.'
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lo.
Translations

Etymology 3

From Cantonese  / (lou4) and Hokkien  / (Lô͘).

Proper noun

Lo

  1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
  2. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

See also

Etymology 4

From Mandarin  / (Luó) or Cantonese  / (lo4).

Proper noun

Lo

  1. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
  2. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hakka (luó).

Proper noun

Lo

  1. a surname from Hakka

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German lāga. Cognate with German Lage. Related to leien.

Pronunciation

Noun

Lo f (plural Loen)

  1. layer

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien  / (Lô͘).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lo (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓ)

  1. 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.