Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Luopu (Lop)
The oasis of Khotan, the largest of these, includes Mo-yü (Kara Kash), to the northwest, and Lo-p'u, to the east.
1974, Khotan (Encyclopædia Britannica), volume V, →ISBN, page 7931 more example
Chinese sources of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries refer to carpet production in east Turkestan with centres at Khotan, Yü Tien, Lo-p'u and Pi-shan, with an annual capacity of about 5,000 carpets for export to Andiyan/Kokand (about eighty per cent), British India and Afghanistan (H. Bidder: Teppiche aus Ost-Turkestan). The oases on the southern border of the Tarim basin - less subject to unrest through political events and migrations - were able to lead a relatively undisturbed and independent life and formed a focus round which the development of art and craft could crystallise.
1970 [1964], Reinhard G. Hubel, “The carpets of East Turkestan”, in Katherine Watson, transl., The Book of Carpets, West Germany: Praeger Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 270
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Mandarin洛浦
- EnglishLo-p'u
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 洛浦 (Lo⁴-pʻu³).
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