# Lu'an
## English
### Alternative forms

* Lu-an (Wade–Giles)
* Luan

### Etymology

From Mandarin 六安 (Lù'ān).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈluˌɑn/, /ˈl(i)oʊ-/, /-æn/, enPR: lo͞oʹänʹ

### Proper noun

Lu'an
* A prefecture-level city in Anhui, China.
** 2000, Thomas Kampen, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and the Evolution of the Chinese Communist Leadership‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 19:Chen Shaoyu was born on 9 April 1904 into a landlord family of Lu'an (Anhui).
** 2008, State of the World's Cities 2008/2009: Harmonious Cities‎, Earthscan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 39:In March of 2000, Lu'an City was put under the direct administration of Anhui Provincial Government.
** 2012 March 15, Wei Chuanbao, Wu Qiyao, Yang Yu, Liu Chunyun, “Prokaryotic expression of a Thunberg fritillary mosaic virus CP gene and antiserum preparation”, in Canadian Journal of Plant Science‎, volume 92, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:We recently investigated fields planted with F. anhuiensis in Lu'an city and Huaibei city of Anhui Province and found that the leaves of most plants exhibited mottle and mosaic symptoms, which are typical of potyvirus infection. These symptoms were thought to be caused by a virus similar to TFMV.
** 2013, Josh Stenberg, Irina's Hat: New Short Stories from China‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 345:She worked in the foreign trade sector in Lu'an, Anhui for five years before engaging in legal translation for six years with both Chinese and international law firms in Beijing.
** 2015, Mary Peart, Her Asian Billionaire‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 224:Close to Hefei is this tiny city called Lu'an, but after that? Nothing.
** 2015 February 2, Chen Heying, “Euthanasia advocates press cause despite official caution”, in Global Times‎, archived from the original on April 22, 2015:Xiong Zhengqing, the father of an 18-month-old boy who suffered brain damage in Lu'an, Anhui Province, had seen his application to euthanize his child declined, Guangzhou-based Nandu Daily reported on Wednesday.
** 2015 February 18, “What does the biggest human migration on earth look like on a map?”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on April 22, 2015:Since February 11, Chongqing has welcomed the most returnees home. The most traveled route is from Shanghai to Lu'an in Anhui Province (a 550-kilometer journey).
** 2016 July 5, Chris Buckley, “Amid Floods in China, Stranded Pigs Are Thrown a Lifeline”, in New York Times‎, archived from the original on July 5, 2016:But in a twist worthy of the movie “Babe,” many of the pigs won a reprieve on Tuesday. The government of Lu'an, a city in Anhui, mobilized workers to help relocate the pigs, reported The Paper, a Chinese news website.
** 2017 January 26, Stephen Chen, “Chinese truck drivers press home for the holidays after top of their cab sheared off in accident”, in South China Morning Post‎, archived from the original on January 26, 2017:The pair told police in Lu'an in Anhui province that they had collided with another truck, but did not want to stop as they were in a hurry to get home for the Lunar New Year holiday, the China Youth Daily reported.
** 2019, Huan Su, Weiquan Wu, Xiaochun Wan, Jingming Ning, “Discriminating geographical origins of green tea based on amino acid, polyphenol, and caffeine content through high‐performance liquid chromatography: Taking Lu’an guapian tea as an example”, in Food Science & Nutrition‎, volume 7, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-22, page 2167, column 2‎:Lu'an guapian tea (LAGP), produced in Lu'an, Anhui Province, and the top 10 most famous teas in China (Bai et al., 2017), is the only tea in which tender leaves are processed without any buds or stems (Heiss, 2001).
** 2019 May 29, Gongyan Ma, Haiyan Chen, Jin Chen, Zhenghao Jiang, Tai Ma, “HIV transmission between spouses living in Lu'an city, Anhui province, China: a longitudinal study”, in Epidemiology and Infection‎, volume 147, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on February 13, 2020:Recently, the HIV/AIDS epidemic situation in Lu'an city (Anhui province, China) has remarkably increased. Our earlier studies showed that the HIV transmission rate among discordant couples was 30% in Lu'an, accompanying by a higher rate of male-to-female transmission rate compared with the female-to-male transmission rate [11].
** 2020 August 23, Yawei Zhou, Shuang Lin, Rangping Qin, Hui-Yuan Yeh, Qun Zhang, “Winner takes all: reconstructing the decapitation of a warrior in Bronze Age China from osteological evidence”, in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences‎, volume 12, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:Decapitation is an ancient practice in Asia with inadequate research. The present study reports on the osteological examination of a headless skeleton excavated from a high-status tomb in Chu State style dating back to the late Warring States Period (ca. 3th century BC) in Lu'an, Anhui, China.[...]In 2011, a high-status tomb dating back to the Bronze Age is scientifically excavated in Lu'an, Anhui province, which is the last capital of the Chu State called “Shou Chun” during the Late Warring States Period in China (Qin 2012).
** 2021 May 21, Christian Shepherd, “China's Lu'an reports 1 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 case”, in Financial Times‎, archived from the original on May 21, 2021:The campaign was given additional momentum last Friday when Lu'an, a city in east Anhui province, recorded four locally transmitted cases, China’s first in 20 days.
** 2021 May 23, “China's Lu'an reports 1 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 case”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency‎, archived from the original on June 10, 2021:Lu'an City of east China's Anhui Province on Saturday reported one new confirmed locally-transmitted COVID-19 case, according to the municipal health commission.
** 2024 August 12, “White-goose industry prospers in Yu’an district, China’s Anhui”, in Xian Jiangnan, Liang Jun, editors, People's Daily Online‎, archived from the original on August 12, 2024‎:As an automatic badminton pitching machine works, Wang Li keenly observes the flight and placement of each newly produced shuttlecock at a workshop in Xin’an town, Yu’an district, Lu’an city, east China’s Anhui Province. […] Statistics show that Lu’an city raises nearly 15 million Wanxi white geese, a local species, each year. The geese provide a solid foundation for the development of the feather and down industry in Yu’an district.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lu'an.

#### Synonyms

* Liu'an, Liu-an

#### Translations
### Further reading

* Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Liu'an”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1757, column 1: “Sometimes appears as Lu'an.”

### Anagrams

* Alun, An-lu, Anlu, Luna, auln, luna, ulan, ulna, unal