Luo

[loo-oh, loo-oh]

noun

plural

Luos ,

plural

Luo .

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

2. the Nilotic language of the Luo people.

Luo

/ 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

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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

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"The expression of pessimist sentiments doesn't necessarily mean a fundamental rejection of participating in the labour market and society at large," says Dr Luo.

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They had arrived in April and were, according to Luo customs, formalising their marriage.

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