Luchu

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A form of Ryukyu — A chain of islands in Japan roughly between Kyushu and Taiwan.

OriginMandarin 碌曲 →
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Meanings

Luchu1

proper noun
  1. archaicArchaic form of Ryukyu (“island chain”).

Luchu2

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Luqu (China)

    Last month, eight people were detained on accusations of trying to publicize a self-immolation in Luchu County in Gansu Province.

    2013 January 16, Andrew Jacobs, “China Arrests 7 in New Effort to Stop Tibetan Self-Immolations”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2013

Luchu3

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Lujhu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

    By the Erren River, it meets Hunei Township and Luchu Township of Kaohsiung County in the south.

    2020, Ching-Hua Huang, “Exploring Innovative Teaching and Problem-Based Learning in Placemaking of Sustainable Development”, in Education And Awareness Of Sustainability (Proceedings Of The 3rd Eurasian), →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 388, column 1
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    The provincial government said three more industrial zones will be developed next year in southern Taiwan. They are located at Pingtung, Kangshan and Luchu in Kaohsiung county.

    Free China Weekly

    1973 May 13, “New zones slated for industries”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XIV, number 18, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 1

    In August 1988, employees of the Hohsinhsing Company asked the local branch leader of the KMT at Luchu, Kaohsiung County, to lead their representatives to talk with the Kaohsiung County Union to claim for arrears of wages from the[…]

    1988, Conference on Labor and Economic Development, December 21-23, 1988, →OCLC, page 287

    Residents living along the No. 1 Provincial Highway in Kaohsiung's Luchu District are voicing their anger, as the road widening project has been delayed for years, with their residences being torn down and built, and torn down over again.

    Residents Protest Houses Being Demolished 3 Times Due to Highway Widening

    2020 August 20, Tiffany Chien, “高雄路竹台1線拓寬 居民不滿屢遭拆遷 [Residents Protest Houses Being Demolished 3 Times Due to Highway Widening]”, in Public Television Service, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2022

Luchu4

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Luzhu (Taoyuan, Taiwan)

    Yes Health iFarm (源鮮智慧農場), in Taoyuan’s Luchu Township, is the largest indoor plant producer in Asia, currently employing 130 staff members.

    2018 March 21, Renée Salmonsen, “Asia's largest vertical farm is located in northern Taiwan”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2018, Environment
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    In a rush hour just after the office one day, I managed to have left the traffic jam in downtown Taipei and drove into the splendid elite residence in Luchu, Taoyuan County.

    The Graduations of Time: 50 Years Taiwanese Art since the End of World War II

    2003, 時間的刻度: 臺灣美術戰後五十年作品展 [The Graduations of Time: 50 Years Taiwanese Art since the End of World War II], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1853

    The aging process has continued to spread (Figures 2.22-2.24). Using 7 percent as the standard to define an aging population (Sheng, 1997; United Nations, 1956), in 1963 only one township, Luchu, Taoyuan hsien, qualified as an "old" or aging area.

    2004, Roger Mark Selya, “Growth, Distribution, Composition, and Structure”, in Development and Demographic Change in Taiwan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93

    The persistent torrential rain in June 2006 caused the landslide of the downside slope and the roadbed sinking on Tao-Bei Township Road No. 4 in Luchu Township, Taoyuan County.

    2008, 91－96年度水土保持重要成果彙編（下）, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 182

    Mai and her Taiwanese husband, Hsiao Yun-liang (蕭運良), were accused of helping to hide the Vietnamese and arranging employment for them as transport workers in Luchu (蘆竹), Taoyuan.

    2019 October 26, “Three Vietnamese charged with human trafficking”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2019, Taiwan News, page 2

    Take Line Yellow (Nankan district), Line Red (Dachu district), Line Blue Sea (Shanjiao district), and Green Mountain (Shanjiao district) and get off at the stop Civil Affairs Office of Luchu District to reach Luchu Branch(please go to the 2nd floor of Civil Affairs Office of Luzhu District).

    Department of Taxation, Taoyuan

    n.d., “Luzhu Branch”, in 桃園市政府地方稅務局 [Department of Taxation, Taoyuan], archived from the original on 25 Nov 2020

Origin

Luchu · proper noun

  1. Mandarin碌曲
  2. EnglishLuchu

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

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Luchu · proper noun

  1. Mandarin路竹
  2. EnglishLuchu

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

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Luchu · proper noun

  1. Mandarin蘆竹
  2. EnglishLuchu

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

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APA

Luchu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luchu

MLA

“Luchu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luchu. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Luchu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luchu.

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