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sulu

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/sʊˈlu/

sulu noun: an all-purpose skirt-like garment worn by men and women in Fiji.

Noun (1)

sulu (plural sulus)

  1. An all-purpose skirt-like garment worn by men and women in Fiji.

Proper noun capitalized: Sulu

Sulu

  1. A province of Mindanao, Philippines. Capital: Jolo & Patikul.
  2. Sulu Archipelago (an archipelago of Mindanao, Philippines)
  3. (historical) the Sultanate of Sulu
  4. (dated) Tausug language

Noun (2) capitalized: Sulu

Sulu (plural Sulus or Sulu)

  1. A member of a prominent Moro tribe, occupying the Sulu Archipelago.
    • That is the reason why the Sulu people have the right, and that they came to make the dredge (badja) to get the mother-of-pearl shell from the deep, because they can not see them.1908, George Frederick Kunz, Charles Hugh Stevenson, The Book of the Pearl, →ISBN, page 216
    • At the present time there are but few remains on the Island of Jolo of the past glory and civilization of the Sulu people.1921, Ignacio Villamor, Felipe Buencamino, Census of the Philippine Islands - Volume II, page 950

Forms of sulu

pluralsulus
pluralSulus
pluralSulu

Origin of sulu

From Spanish Sulu/Sulú, from Tausug Sulug (“Sulu”), an older form of Sūg (“Sulu”), possibly from Tausug sulug, an older form of sūg (“current”). Compare Maranao Solog, Malay Suluk, Hokkien 蘇祿 /苏禄 (So͘-lo̍k).

Words formed from sulu

Phrases with sulu

Questions about sulu

What does sulu mean?
Sulu means an all-purpose skirt-like garment worn by men and women in Fiji.
What part of speech is sulu?
Sulu can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sulu?
Sulu is pronounced /sʊˈlu/ (Philippines).
What is the plural of sulu?
The plural of sulu is sulus.

Words near sulu in the dictionary

  1. sultrinesses
  2. sultropen
  3. sultry
  4. sultân
  5. sultâns
  6. sulu
  7. Sulu boobook
  8. Sulu boobooks
  9. Sulu Sea
  10. Suluan
  11. suluguni

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