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Luchu

Luchu is the archaic form of Ryukyu.

Luchu is the alternative form of Luqu.

Luchu is the alternative form of Lujhu.

Luchu is the alternative form of Luzhu.

Meaning of Ryukyu

Proper noun

Ryukyu

  1. A chain of islands in Japan roughly between Kyushu and Taiwan.
    • White Butterflies in Japan.[...]Shortly after this I left Yokohama for the Ryukyu Islands, and next had my attention attracted by the "White" in the Bay of Kagoshima.1888 April, H. T. Stainton, “Nepticula Serella, N. SP.”, in Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 261
    Synonyms:
    the Ryukyus, Liuqiu, Liuchiu

Meaning of Luqu

Proper noun

Luqu

  1. A county of Gannan prefecture, Gansu, China.
    • 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.2008 March 17, “Gansu Tibetan unrest contained: witnesses”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2026, Tibet

Origin of Luchu

Borrowed from Mandarin 碌曲 (Lùqū) Wade–Giles romanization: Lu⁴-chʻü¹.

Borrowed from Mandarin 路竹 (Lùzhú) Wade–Giles romanization: Lu⁴-chu².

Borrowed from Mandarin 蘆竹 (Lúzhú) Wade–Giles romanization: Lu²-chu².

Questions about Luchu

What is Luchu the archaic form of?
Luchu is the archaic form of Ryukyu.

Words near Luchu in the dictionary

  1. Luchiang
  2. Luchini
  3. Luchinis
  4. Luchsinger
  5. Luchsingers
  6. Luchu
  7. Luchuan
  8. Luchuans
  9. Luchun
  10. Luci
  11. Lucia

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Luchu (page history and authors); Ryukyu (page history and authors); Luqu (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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