The story
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of 洛陽/洛阳 (Luòyáng, “sunny side of the Luo River”), referring to two separate Luo rivers.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A prefecture-level city of Henan, China, near the Luo's confluence with the Yellow River; a former capital of China. Full definition →