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LUA

Syllables: Lu·a/ˈluːə/

LUA is the acronym of launch under attack.

LUA is the initialism of last universal ancestor.

Meaning of last universal ancestor

Noun

last universal ancestor (plural last universal ancestors)

  1. Synonym of cenancestor.
    Synonyms:
    cenancestor

Proper noun capitalized: Lua

Lua

  1. A lightweight programming language with dynamic typing.
    • Lua is a dynamically typed language. This means that variables do not have types; only values do. There are no type definitions in the language. All values carry their own type. All values in Lua are first-class values. This means that all values can be stored in variables, passed as arguments to...2013, Roberto Ierusalimschy, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, Waldemar Celes, “Lua 5.2 Reference Manual”, in ControlByWeb, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2024, page 1

Origin of LUA

From Portuguese lua (“moon”). Doublet of Luna and Roxane.

Words that rhyme with LUA

Questions about LUA

What does LUA mean?
LUA means a lightweight programming language with dynamic typing.
What is LUA the acronym of?
LUA is the acronym of launch under attack.
What part of speech is LUA?
LUA is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce LUA?
LUA is pronounced /ˈluːə/.

Words near LUA in the dictionary

  1. ltw
  2. lu
  3. Lu'an
  4. Lu-kang
  5. Lu-liang
  6. LUA
  7. Luacan
  8. luakini
  9. luakinis
  10. Lual
  11. Lual Rural

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Adapted from Wiktionary: LUA (page history and authors); Lua (page history and authors); last universal ancestor (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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