# Luchu
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Proper noun

Luchu
* Archaic form of Ryukyu (“island chain”). (Japan)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mandarin 碌曲 (Lùqū) Wade–Giles romanization: Lu⁴-chʻü¹.

#### Proper noun

Luchu
* Alternative form of Luqu (China)
** 2013 January 16, Andrew Jacobs, “China Arrests 7 in New Effort to Stop Tibetan Self-Immolations”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 17 January 2013‎:Last month, eight people were detained on accusations of trying to publicize a self-immolation in Luchu County in Gansu Province.

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Mandarin 路竹 (Lùzhú) Wade–Giles romanization: Lu⁴-chu².

#### Proper noun

Luchu
* Alternative form of Lujhu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
** 1973 May 13, “New zones slated for industries”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly]‎, volume XIV, number 18, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 1:The provincial government said three more industrial zones will be developed next year in southern Taiwan. They are located at Pingtung, Kangshan and Luchu in Kaohsiung county.
** 1988, Conference on Labor and Economic Development, December 21-23, 1988‎, →OCLC, page 287:In August 1988, employees of the Hohsinhsing Company asked the local branch leader of the KMT at Luchu, Kaohsiung County, to lead their representatives to talk with the Kaohsiung County Union to claim for arrears of wages from the […]
** 2020, Ching-Hua Huang, “Exploring Innovative Teaching and Problem-Based Learning in Placemaking of Sustainable Development”, in Education And Awareness Of Sustainability (Proceedings Of The 3rd Eurasian)‎, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 388, column 1:By the Erren River, it meets Hunei Township and Luchu Township of Kaohsiung County in the south.
** 2020 August 20, Tiffany Chien, “高雄路竹台1線拓寬 居民不滿屢遭拆遷 [Residents Protest Houses Being Demolished 3 Times Due to Highway Widening]”, in Public Television Service‎, archived from the original on 15 October 2022‎:Residents living along the No. 1 Provincial Highway in Kaohsiung's Luchu District are voicing their anger, as the road widening project has been delayed for years, with their residences being torn down and built, and torn down over again.

#### References

* ↑ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info‎, 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01‎:This list of city and county names of places in Taiwan gives Chinese characters, Hanyu Pinyin, Tongyong Pinyin, and a commonly seen older form (usually bastardized Wade-Giles). […] 鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 路竹鄉 / Luzhu / Lùzhú / Lujhu / Luchu

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Mandarin 蘆竹 (Lúzhú) Wade–Giles romanization: Lu²-chu².

#### Proper noun

Luchu
* Alternative form of Luzhu (Taoyuan, Taiwan)
** 2003, 時間的刻度: 臺灣美術戰後五十年作品展 [The Graduations of Time: 50 Years Taiwanese Art since the End of World War II]‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1853:In a rush hour just after the office one day, I managed to have left the traffic jam in downtown Taipei and drove into the splendid elite residence in Luchu, Taoyuan County.
** 2004, Roger Mark Selya, “Growth, Distribution, Composition, and Structure”, in Development and Demographic Change in Taiwan‎, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:The aging process has continued to spread (Figures 2.22-2.24). Using 7 percent as the standard to define an aging population (Sheng, 1997; United Nations, 1956), in 1963 only one township, Luchu, Taoyuan hsien, qualified as an "old" or aging area.
** 2008, 91－96年度水土保持重要成果彙編（下）‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 182:The persistent torrential rain in June 2006 caused the landslide of the downside slope and the roadbed sinking on Tao-Bei Township Road No. 4 in Luchu Township, Taoyuan County.
** 2018 March 21, Renée Salmonsen, “Asia's largest vertical farm is located in northern Taiwan”, in Taiwan News‎, archived from the original on 21 March 2018, Environment‎:Yes Health iFarm (源鮮智慧農場), in Taoyuan’s Luchu Township, is the largest indoor plant producer in Asia, currently employing 130 staff members.
** 2019 October 26, “Three Vietnamese charged with human trafficking”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 October 2019, Taiwan News, page 2‎:Mai and her Taiwanese husband, Hsiao Yun-liang (蕭運良), were accused of helping to hide the Vietnamese and arranging employment for them as transport workers in Luchu (蘆竹), Taoyuan.
** n.d., “Luzhu Branch”, in 桃園市政府地方稅務局 [Department of Taxation, Taoyuan]‎, archived from the original on 25 November 2020‎:Take Line Yellow (Nankan district), Line Red (Dachu district), Line Blue Sea (Shanjiao district), and Green Mountain (Shanjiao district) and get off at the stop Civil Affairs Office of Luchu District to reach Luchu Branch(please go to the 2nd floor of Civil Affairs Office of Luzhu District).

#### References

* ↑ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info‎, 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01‎:This list of city and county names of places in Taiwan gives Chinese characters, Hanyu Pinyin, Tongyong Pinyin, and a commonly seen older form (usually bastardized Wade-Giles). […] 鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 蘆竹鄉 / Luzhu / Lúzhú / Lujhu / Luchu