LUZ

Definition: LUZ

LUZ

Noun

1. A bone of the human body which was supposed by certain Rabbinical writers to be indestructible. Its location was a matter of dispute.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

"LUZ" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "separation", "departure", "an almond", "the light", "Our Lady of Light".

Date "LUZ" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1663. (references)

Specialty Definition: LUZ

Domain	Definition
Bible	Luz a nut-bearing tree, the almond. (1.) The ancient name of a royal Canaanitish city near the site of Bethel (Gen. 28:19; 35:6), on the border of Benjamin (Josh. 18:13). Here Jacob halted, and had a prophetic vision. (See BETHEL.) (2.) A place in the land of the Hittites, founded (Judg. 1:26) by "a man who came forth out of the city of Luz." It is identified with Luweiziyeh, 4 miles north-west of Banias. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Literature	Luz or Luez .The indestructible bone; the nucleus of the resurrection body. " `How doth a man revive again in the world to come?' asked Hadrian; and Joshua Ben Hananiah made answer. `From luz in the backbone.' He then went on to demonstrate this to him: He took the bone luz, and put it into water, but the water had no action on it; he put it in the fire, but the fire consumed it not; he placed it in a mill, but could not grind it; and laid it on an anvil, but the bammer crushed it not."- Lightfoot. "The learnéd rabbins of the Jews Write there's a bone, which they call luez ... Butler; Iludibras, iii. 2. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Crosswords: LUZ

Specialty definitions using "LUZ": Luez. (references)

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

Portuguese (candle, day, headlamp, illumination, lamp, light, light aspect, light in color, light in colour, low, shine, signal light, torch, visible radiation), Spanish (daylight, elimination, flaunt, glow, kill-devil, light).

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Modern Usage: LUZ

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Hey Luz, how far are we going (Band of Brothers; writing credit: Stephen Ambrose; Erik Jendresen)
Movie/TV Titles	O Bandido da Luz Vermelha (1969) Costa de la Luz (1969) La Luz de nuestro faro (1968) Luz y color (1968) Cuando la luz llega (1967)
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Commercial Usage: LUZ

Domain	Title
References	Cia Forca Luz Cataguazes Leopoldina: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Cia Paulista de Forca E Luz: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Luz del Sur S.A.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	...Y Entonces Una Luz (reference) De las Tinieblas a la Luz (reference) El memorandum de Dios: el mensaje directo y personal que usted espera de Dios y que sera la luz que ilumine su vida (reference) He Visto LA Luz (reference) Isla de luz (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Work Zone Safety (Spanish) Zona de seguridad de trabajo Para empleados de construccion y servicios de agua, luz, y gas (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Como Una Luz (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: LUZ

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Title page to: ... Barometern ..., by Johann Friedrich Luz, 1744-1827. Published in 1784. Library Call Number QC876 .L89 1784. Credit: Treasures of the Library.		Figures 1 through 16 in: ... Barometern ..., by Johann Friedrich Luz, 1744-1827. Published in 1784. Library Call Number QC876 .L89 1784. Credit: Treasures of the Library.
	Martin Aitkin (left), director of the M&M Mars, Inc., Almirante Farm, and a local farmer assess damage from a large, dry witches'-broom growth in a cacao tree at the Luz de Maria farm in Uruçuca, Brazil. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..		Una luz de esperanza design Hector Fernando Corrales, photografia Juan Guillermo MontaÃ±es. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Paremos el sida pasarte esta luz te puede costar la vida : cuidate! / [poster by] Arturo Meza. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Have your baby safely at home = De luz en su casa con seguridad. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: LUZ


"Vila Hercilio Luz" by Djalma Patricio Commentary: "Maracaja, Santa Catarina."	"St jean de luz" by Myname Mylastname Commentary: "St jean de luz harbour."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: LUZ

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		ELEVAL (Electricidad de Valencia) is the next largest privately held utility with a capacity of 157 MW; followed by C.A. luz Electrica de Yaracuy (CALEY), 6.4 MW; and Electricidad de Guarenas y Guatire (ELEGGUA), 4 MW. ELEVAL is a privately held company operating in northern-central Venezuela that owns two diesel plants and distributes electricity. (references)
		Also in 1988 CALIFE (Compañía Anonima Luz y Fuerza Electrica de Puerto Cabello) was acquired by Industrias Electricas Ventane (IEV), a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) company 92 percent owned by Enron Corp. This privately held electricity distributor serves over 40,000 customers, of which 35,000 or some 88 percent are residential, in Puerto Cabello, a port city 124 miles west of Caracas on the Caribbean coast. (references)
Human Rights	Nicaragua	On January 20, Managua police officer Francis Luz Arias Arauz shot and wounded 1-year-old Roger Noel Hernandez Maltez and 9-year-old Joel David Torrez Garcia with a pistol. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: LUZ

"LUZ" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 85.19% of the time. "LUZ" is used about 27 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)	85.19%	23	72,767
Lexical Verb (base form)	7.41%	2	245,945
Noun (singular)	7.41%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	27	N/A

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

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Name Usage Frequency: LUZ

The following table summarizes the usage of "LUZ" 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
Luz	First name Female	49,000	350
Luz	Last name	1,000	15,757
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: LUZ

"LUZ" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "separation", "departure", "an almond", "the light", "Our Lady of Light".

The following table summarizes names related to "LUZ."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Luz	N/A	Biblical	N/A
Luz	Female	Spanish	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: LUZ

Country	Name	Country	Name
Brazil	Cia Forca Luz Cataguazes Leopoldina	Peru	Luz del Sur S.A.
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: LUZ

Expression using "LUZ": La Luz. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "LUZ": Luz-ardiden, Luz-saint-sauveur.
	Ending with "LUZ": Saint-jean-de-luz.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: LUZ

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
luz	190	costa de hotel la luz	19
elena gonzalez luz	117	naturaleza de la luz	19
del la luz mundo	103	luz solar	16
luz casal	66	praia da luz	16
la luz	62	luz y fuerza	16
costa de la luz	54	seres de luz	16
luz elena	52	luz maria	16
del iglesia la luz mundo	38	de la luz teoria	15
de la luz refraccion	32	de fuentes luz	14
luz radio	32	de la luz polarizacion	14
de la luz velocidad	30	luz negra	14
elena gonzales luz	28	de la luz propiedades	14
de la luz reflexion	26	luz maria zetina	13
de luz rincon	25	de dispersion la luz	12
de jean luz st	24	de la luz propagacion	12
centro del fuerza luz y	23	orquesta de la luz	12
es la luz que	22	luz visible	12
la luz nm	20	luz natural	12
de jean luz saint	20	divina luz	11
luz clarita	20	costa de la luz properties	11
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Bible Trace: LUZ

Language	Date	Source	Genesis Chapter 48, Verse 3
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai eipen iakwb tw iwshf o qeoV mou wfqh moi en louza en gh canaan kai euloghsen me
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et ingresso ad se ait Deus omnipotens apparuit mihi in Luza quae est in terra Chanaan benedixitque mihi
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And to Joseph comun in to him, seith, God Almyyti aperyde to me in Luza, that is in the loond of Chanaan, and he blisside to me,
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And sayde vnto Ioseph: God all mightie appeared vnto me at lus in the lande of Canaan ad blessed me
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: LUZ

Language	Genesis Chapter 48, Verse 3
Cebuano	Ug si Jacob miingon kang Jose: Ang Dios nga Makagagahum sa ngatanan mitungha kanako didto sa Luz sa yuta sa Canaan, ug siya nanalangin kanako.
Croatian	Reèe Jakov Josipu: "Bog Svemožni, El Šadaj, objavi mi se u Luzu, u zemlji kanaanskoj; blagoslov mi dade,
Danish	Jakob sagde til Josef: "Gud den Almægtige åbenbarede sig for mig i Luz i Kana'ans Land og velsignede mig;
Dutch	Daarna zeide Jakob tot Jozef: God de Almachtige, is mij verschenen te Luz, in het land Kanaan, en Hij heeft mij gezegend;
Finnish	Ja Jaakob sanoi Joosefille: "Jumala, Kaikkivaltias, ilmestyi minulle Luusissa Kanaanin maassa ja siunasi minut
French	Jacob dit à Joseph: Le Dieu tout puissant m`est apparu à Luz, dans le pays de Canaan, et il m`a béni.
German	und sprach zu Joseph: Der allmächtige Gott erschien mir zu Lus im Lande Kanaan und segnete mich
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Kata Yakub kepada Yusuf, "Allah Yang Mahakuasa telah menampakkan diri kepadaku di Lus, di tanah Kanaan, dan telah memberkati aku."
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka kata Yakub kepada Yusuf: Bahwa Allah yang Mahakuasa telah kelihatan kepadaku di Luz dalam negeri Kanaan, diberkatinya aku,
Italian	Giacobbe disse a Giuseppe: «Dio onnipotente mi apparve a Luz, nel paese di Canaan, e mi benedisse
Maori	Na ka mea a Hakopa ki a Hohepa, I puta mai te Atua Kaha Rawa ki ahau i Rutu, i te whenua o Kanaana, i manaaki i ahau,
Norwegian	Og Jakob sa til Josef: Den allmektige Gud åpenbarte sig for mig i Luz i Kana'ans land og velsignet mig
Rumanian	Iacov a zis lui Iosif: ,,Dumnezeul Cel Atotputernic mi S`a arqtat la Luz, kn yara Canaan, wi m`a binecuvkntat.
Swedish	Och Jakob sade till Josef: "Gud den Allsmäktige uppenbarade sig för mig i Lus i Kanaans land och välsignade mig
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "LUZ"

Words ending with "uz": Buz, Tuz. (additional references)

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Anagrams: LUZ

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words containing the letters "l-u-z"
	+1 letter: lutz.
	+2 letters: fuzil, klutz, ouzel.
	+3 letters: fuzils, guzzle, halutz, klutzy, lazuli, lutzes, muzzle, nuzzle, ouzels, puzzle, quezal, touzle, wurzel, zonula, zonule.
	+4 letters: brulzie, chalutz, dualize, fuzzily, gauzily, guzzled, guzzler, guzzles, klutzes, lazulis, muzzily, muzzled, muzzler, muzzles, nuzzled, nuzzler, nuzzles, puzzled, puzzler, puzzles, quetzal, quezals, touzled, touzles, utilize, wurzels, zealous, zestful, zonulae, zonular, zonulas, zonules.
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