Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

luqu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Lu-qu
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county of Gannan prefecture, Gansu, China.

Example Sentences

"The London-based Free Tibet Campaign said at least 500 Tibetans had protested in the province's Luqu county on Saturday, where they burned Chinese flags and flew the banned Tibetan flag."

Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 碌曲 (Lùqū).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 碌曲

Inflected Forms

Luchu (alternative)

Questions

What does luqu mean?: A county of Gannan prefecture, Gansu, China.
Where does luqu come from?: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 碌曲 (Lùqū).

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