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Luas

Luas

See also: luas and lúas

English

Proper noun

Luas

  1. a light railway in Dublin, Ireland

Anagrams

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See also: Luas and lúas

Esperanto

Verb

luas

  1. present of lui

Indonesian

Adjective

luas

  1. vast

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lúas (swiftness, speed), related to lúath (quick, swift).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l̪ˠuəsˠ/

Noun

luas m (genitive singular luais, nominative plural luasanna)

  1. speed, velocity
  2. (time) earliness

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

  • luath (quick, fast; early, soon, adj)

References

  • "luas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • lúas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Latin

Verb

luās

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of luō

Portuguese

Noun

luas f pl

  1. plural of lua

Sundanese

luas

  1. determined