Lua

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lua"

English

Etymology

From Portuguese lua (“moon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːə/
• Rhymes: -uːə
• Hyphenation: Lu‧a

Proper noun

Lua

1. A lightweight programming language with dynamic typing.

Translations

a programming language (transliterations)

• Arabic: لُوَا f (luwā)
• Georgian: ლუა (lua)
• Hebrew: לואה (luah)
• Hindi: लुआ (luā)
• Japanese: ルア (Rua)
• Korean: 루아 (ko) (Rua)
• Persian:

  Dari: لُوآ (lū'ā)

  Iranian Persian: لوآ (lu'â)

• Portuguese: Lua (pt) f
• Russian: Лу́а m (Lúa)

Anagrams

• UAL, aul, Lau, -ual, ALU, alu, Ula, Aul, lau, ULA

Portuguese

Etymology

See lua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: Lu‧a
• Homophone: lua

Proper noun

Lua f

1. Moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)

   Hoje, a Lua está muito brilhante. ― The Moon is very bright tonight.

2. Lua (lightweight programming language)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Hokkien 賴 / 赖 (Lōa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlua/ [ˈluː.ɐ]
    • Rhymes: -ua
    • Syllabification: Lu‧a
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlwa/ [ˈlwa] (Hokkien fluent)
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Syllabification: Lua

Proper noun

Lua (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜏ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien