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Lahu

/ˈlɑːˌhuː/noun, adjective

Lahu is a noun meaning “A member of an ethnic group that lives mainly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-A-H-U, and it appears about once in every 31 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Lahu is Lahus.

What does Lahu mean?

noun

  1. 1

    A member of an ethnic group that lives mainly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand.

adjective

  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to the Lahu people or the Lahu language.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce Lahu?

  • /ˈlɑːˌhuː/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of Lahu

  • Lahus plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is Lahu?

Lahu appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does Lahu come from?

Borrowed from Lahu Laˇhuˍ.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).