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lof

lof noun: community, tribe: basic social organization of the Mapuche, Huilliche, and Picunche peoples, a (familial) clan which recognizes the authority of a lonco.

Noun (1)

lof (plural lofs)

  1. Community, tribe: basic social organization of the Mapuche, Huilliche, and Picunche peoples, a (familial) clan which recognizes the authority of a lonco.

Noun (2) capitalized: LOF

LOF (plural LOFs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of lube, oil and filter (change).

Proper noun capitalized: LOF

LOF

  1. The station code of Lok Fu in Hong Kong.

Forms of lof

plurallofs
pluralLOFs

Origin of lof

Borrowed from Mapudungun lof (“community”).

Questions about lof

What does lof mean?
Lof means community, tribe: basic social organization of the Mapuche, Huilliche, and Picunche peoples, a (familial) clan which recognizes the authority of a lonco.
What part of speech is lof?
Lof can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of lof?
The plural of lof is lofs.

Words near lof in the dictionary

  1. loewite
  2. Loews
  3. Loeys-Dietz syndrome
  4. Loeza
  5. Loezas
  6. lof
  7. Lofa
  8. Lofaro
  9. Lofaros
  10. Lofaso
  11. lofe

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