"Lù" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Mandarin 陸/陆 (Lù). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|陸|Lù}} 陸/陆 (Lù) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Lù
  1. A surname from Chinese, from Mandarin, see 陸/陆 (). Translations (Chinese surname): [Hokkien] (Chinese), (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), (Chinese Cantonese), (luk⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), (Chinese Mandarin), (Lù) (Chinese Mandarin), (Riku) (alt: りく) (Japanese), (Yuk) (alt: ) (Korean), (Ryuk) (alt: ) [North-Korea] (Korean), Лу (Lu) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), Lục (Vietnamese)

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