LAU

"LAU" is a common misspelling or typo for: lab, lad, lag, lap, laud, law, lax, lay.

Specialty Definition: LAU

Domain	Definition
Computing	LAU Langage a Assignation Unique. A single assignment language for the LAU dataflow machine, Toulouse. ["Pipelining, Parallelism and Asynchronism in the LAU System", J.C. Syre et al, Proc 1977 Intl Conf Parallel Proc, pp. 87-92]. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: LAU

Specialty definitions using "LAU": TLAs. (references)

Non-English Usage: "LAU" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Basque (four), German (balmy, flat, half hearted, lukewarm, lukewarmly, mild, tepid, tepidly).

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Modern Usage: LAU

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Ke Bho Lau Na Ni (2001)

Lau man bye biu (2000)

97 fung lau mung (1994)

Tatort - Bienzle und die schöne Lau (1993)

Saang gong lau aau (1993)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: LAU

Domain	Title
Books	Nomination of Valerie Lau : hearing before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, second session on the nomination of Valerie Lau to be Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury, June 15, 1994 (reference) On Track: Mrs Lau (reference) Southern Lau, Fiji: An Ethnography (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin, 162) (reference) Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Big Mala, Solomon Islands (reference) Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man: Selected and Current Works (Master Architect Series, 5) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Wing Chun Today by Jason Lau (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Carl Halen's 1982 Suma Cum Lau (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: LAU

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Daniel Mountjoy and Jolene Lau checking contours in Monterey County strawberry fields. Credit: Lynn Betts.		NRCS employee, Jolene Lau talks to landowner in Monterey County strawberry fields. Credit: Lynn Betts.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: LAU

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Vietnam	In March there were unconfirmed reports that authorities demolished churches in Plei Lau Village in Phu Nhon district. (references)
Human Rights	Vietnam	On March 10, in Plei Lau Village in Gia Lai Province, hundreds of soldiers and police clashed with hundreds of ethnic minority persons; two or three soldiers reportedly shot and killed a civilian who had threatened another soldier with a spear. (references)
	Vietnam	Several sources report that on March 10, up to 300 villagers who had gathered in a Protestant church in Plei Lau village of Phu Nhon district clashed with up to 700 police officers and soldiers who used tear gas and electric prods to disperse the crowd. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: LAU

"LAU" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 76.92% of the time. "LAU" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	76.92%	10	111,207
Unclassified Items	15.38%	2	245,945
Noun (singular)	7.69%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	13	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: LAU

The following table summarizes the usage of "LAU" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Lau	Last name	5,000	2,351
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: LAU

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "LAU": re-lau.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: LAU

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
andy lau	401	hawick lau	9
lau	172	andy lau news	8
carina lau	55	hu ke lau	8
michael lau	46	kevin lau	7
andy lau town	24	lau ching wan	7
andy lau lyrics	20	hong lau mong	6
industry lau	19	andy lau world	6
lau nichols v	18	fan lau	6
fiji i lau ono	16	dessert hui lau shan	6
carina lau nude	13	rain lau	6
andy lau mp3	13	haizetara lau	6
lau nichols vs	13	andy lau movie	6
andy lau picture	13	lawrence lau	6
lau lau	13	winnie lau	6
charlie lau	12	jin lau mon	5
evelyn lau	12	andy lau pic	5
chor heung lau	11	hui lau shan	5
huki lau	11	huke lau	5
andy lau song	10	lau chun	5
andy lau wallpaper	9	ka lau ling	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: LAU

Derivations
	Words beginning with "LAU": lauan, lauans, laud, laudable, laudableness, laudablenesses, laudably, laudanum, laudanums, laudation, laudations, laudative, laudator, laudators, laudatory, lauded, lauder, lauders, lauding, lauds, laugh, laughable, laughableness, laughablenesses, laughably, laughed, laugher, laughers, laughing, laughingly, laughings, laughingstock, laughingstocks, laughs, laughter, laughters, launce, launces, launch, launched, launcher, launchers, launches, launching, launchpad, launchpads, launder, laundered, launderer, launderers, launderette. (additional references)
	Words ending with "LAU": pilau. (additional references)
	Words containing "LAU": ablaut, ablauts, applaud, applaudable, applaudably, applauded, applauder, applauders, applauding, applauds, applause, applauses, baccalaureate, baccalaureates, belaud, belauded, belauding, belauds, blaubok, blauboks, claucht, claudication, claudications, claught, claughted, claughting, claughts, clausal, clause, clauses, claustra, claustral, claustrophobe, claustrophobes, claustrophobia, claustrophobias, claustrophobic, claustrophobically, claustrum, flaunt, flaunted, flaunter, flaunters, flauntier, flauntiest, flaunting, flauntingly, flaunts, flaunty, flautist, flautists. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"LAU" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Blaauw, Iau, Laaa, Laj, Lamu, Laou, laua, laub, lauf, laui, Lauko, lauo, lauw, Laux, Lavu, Lcao, Leuw, lua. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: LAU

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-l-u"
	-1 letter: al, la.
	Words containing the letters "a-l-u"
	+1 letter: alum, auld, caul, dual, haul, hula, laud, luau, luna, maul, pula, saul, ulan, ulna, ulva, waul.
	+2 letters: adult, afoul, ahull, album, algum, almud, almug, aloud, alula, alums, ampul, annul, aulic, aural, awful, babul, baulk, bubal, bulla, cauld, caulk, cauls, culpa, duals, ducal, dulia, dural, equal, fauld, fault, fugal, gault, gulag, gular, haulm, hauls, hulas, joual, jugal, jural, kulak, larum, lauan, lauds, laugh, laura, layup, lehua, luaus, luffa, lunar, lunas, lutea, mauls, miaul, mulla, mural, pilau, pupal, quail, quale, qualm, rugal, rural, sauls, sault, shaul, sulfa, sural, taluk, talus, tubal, uhlan, ulama, ulans, ulema, ulnad, ulnae, ulnar, ulnas, ulpan, ultra, ulvas, unlay, ureal, urial, usual, uveal, uvula, value, vault, vulva, wauls, yauld, yulan.
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