English word origin

Etymology of Loh

Borrowed from Chinese, including * 羅／罗 (Mandarin: Luó; Cantonese: lo⁴; Hakka: Lò; Hokkien: Lô; Teochew: lo5), * 盧／卢 (Cantonese: lou⁴; Teochew: lou5), * Wu 陸／陆 (8loq), * 駱／骆 (Mandarin: Luò; Hokkien: Lo̍h), etc.

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name

A surname.

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    },
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        "1": "羅",
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    },
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