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Lous

Lous is the plural of Lou.

Meaning of Lou

Proper noun (1)

Lou (countable and uncountable, plural Lous)

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Louis.
    • Or it’s the man who has listened to Lou Dobbs ranting about people crossing the borders or who has heard some incredibly nasty sermon about homosexuals and thinks to himself, “My race, my people, my tribe are under assault, and the brave young men of the tribe have to protect it.”2010 March 9, Amy Frykholm, quoting Mark Potok, “Enemies of the people: Mark Potok monitors hate”, in The Christian Century
  2. A diminutive of the female given names Louisa and Louise; often also used as a middle name.
  3. (with-definite-article) Nickname for St. Louis: a major city in Missouri, United States.

Proper noun (2)

Lou

  1. A Southeast Admiralty Islands language spoken on Lou Island of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea.
  2. The Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea.

Questions about Lous

What is Lous the plural of?
Lous is the plural of Lou.

Words near Lous in the dictionary

  1. louringly
  2. lourings
  3. louris
  4. lours
  5. loury
  6. Lous
  7. Lousame
  8. louse
  9. louse around
  10. louse flies
  11. louse fly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Lous (page history and authors); Lou (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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