Luo

American  

[loo-oh, loo-oh] / luˈoʊ, ˈlu oʊ /

noun

PLURAL

Luos

PLURAL

Luo

1. a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.

2. the Nilotic language of the Luo people.

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Luo British  

/ ˈluːəʊ, ləˈwəʊ /

noun

1. a member of a cattle-herding Nilotic people living chiefly east of Lake Victoria in Kenya

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Nilotic group of the Nilo-Saharan family

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Example Sentences

The early human-leopard cat relationship was essentially "commensal" where two species live alongside each other harmlessly, said Prof Shu-Jin Luo of Peking University in Beijing.

From BBC

Luo's research group has now examined these mechanisms in greater depth.

From Science Daily

Many wore orange - the party colour of his Orange Democratic Movement - and waved branches, a traditional symbol of mourning and grief among the Luo ethnic group to which Odinga belonged.

From BBC

Kisumu is the largest city in the Nyanza region of western Kenya, an area dominated by Odinga's Luo ethnic group which formed the bedrock of his support.

From Barron's

Mourners have been carrying branches and palm fronds, a symbol of mourning and grief among the Luo ethnic group to which Odinga belonged.

From BBC