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Lau is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Amy Lau (1966 or 1967–2025), American interior designer; Andrew Lau (born 1960), Hong Kong director and producer; Andy Lau (born 1961), Hong Kong singer and actor; Carina Lau (born 1965), Hong Kong-Canadian actress and director; Chak Sing Lau, Hong Kong professor of rheumatology
Liu (simplified Chinese: 刘; traditional Chinese: 劉; / lj oʊ / or / lj uː / [1]) is an East Asian surname. pinyin: Liú in Mandarin Chinese, Lau 4 in Cantonese.It is the family name of the Han dynasty emperors.
Lau (band), a British folk music group Lambda Alpha Upsilon , a Greek letter intercollegiate fraternity Local administrative unit (see Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics ), a low level administrative division of a country, ranked below a province, region, or state
Hukilau Beach, Lā'ie, Hawai'i A hukilau is a way of fishing invented by the ancient Hawaiians.The word comes from huki, meaning pull, and lau, meaning leaves.A large number of people, usually family and friends, would work together in casting the net from shore and then pulling it back.
The lauburu (from Basque lau, "four" + buru, "head") is an ancient hooked cross with four comma-shaped heads and the most widely known traditional symbol of the Basque Country and the Basque people. [1] In the past, it has also been associated with the Galicians, Illyrians and Asturians. [citation needed]
Hawaiians roast a pig for an 1890 lūʻau Princess Kaiulani's lūʻau banquet at ʻĀinahau for the U.S. Commissioners in 1898 Dancers and musicians at a commercial lūʻau. A lūʻau (Hawaiian: lūʻau, also anglicized as "luau") is a traditional Hawaiian party or feast that is usually accompanied by entertainment.
The Lau Islands. The British explorer James Cook reached Vatoa in 1774. By the time of the discovery of the Ono Group in 1820, the Lau archipelago was the most mapped area of Fiji. Political unity came late to the Lau Islands. Historically, they comprised three territories: the Northern Lau Islands, the Southern Lau Islands, and the Moala Islands.
Laura is a traditionally feminine given name in Europe and the Americas, of Latin origin, whose meaning ("bay laurel") is a metonym for a victor, and an early hypocorism from Laurel and Lauren. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]