Meanings
proper noun
alternative Luchu
- 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
- Mandarin碌曲
- EnglishLuqu
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 碌曲 (Lùqū).
More words from Mandarin
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Chinese Cantonese 碌曲
- 碌曲 (luk¹ kuk¹)county
Chinese Mandarin 碌曲
- 碌曲 (Lùqū)county
Polish Luqu
- Luqucounty
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APA
Luqu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luqu
MLA
“Luqu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luqu. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Luqu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luqu.
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