US /lu/ UK /luː/
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noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a hot, dry summer wind of northern India and Pakistan

    The scorching lu swept across the plains in May.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a hot, dry summer wind of... loo

Etymology

From Hindi/Urdu lū ('hot wind'), a regional term for the scorching summer wind of the northern Indian subcontinent.

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