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English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes with: -uː
Etymology 1
Unknown; possible origins include:- French lieu, place
- A particular brand of early toilet cisterns, trademarked 'Waterloo'.
- (fancifully) the exclamation "gare à l'eau!" ("mind the water!") used when emptying a chamber pot out of a window;
- the numbering of 00 on a toilet in a building
Noun
- In the context of "colloquial|UK|Australian English": toilet
Translations
toilet
Etymology 2
From ChineseNoun
looExtensive Definition
Loo may refer to:
In geography:
- Loo, a historic district of Sochi, Russia
- Loo, a small borough in Jõelähtme Commune, Harju County, Estonia
- Loo village, a village in Jõelähtme Commune, Harju County, Estonia
- Loo River, Estonia
- Looe, a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Loo (wind), a strong, hot and dry wind which blows over Northern and parts of Western India during day time in summer
- Loo, a village in the Netherlands.
In architecture:
- Het Loo, palace in the Netherlands
- Hofje van Loo, hofje in Haarlem, the Netherlands
In other fields:
- An old-fashioned pronunciation of lee
- British slang for toilet
- Big Loo, a toy robot manufactured by Louis Marx and Company for the holiday season of 1963
- A British English slightly informal word for lavatory.
- Loo (comics), a character in the Lobo's Back DC Comics series
- Loo, a card game
- Loo, a unicorn in L. Frank Baum's The Magic of Oz
loo in Czech: Loo (rozcestník)
loo in German: Loo
loo in Italian: LOO
loo in Dutch: Loo
loo in Dutch Low Saxon: Loo
loo in Swedish: Loo