sulu

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Pronunciation

/sʊˈlu/

Definition of sulu

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

An all-purpose skirt-like garment worn by men and women in Fiji.

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noun

An all-purpose skirt-like garment worn by men and women in Fiji.
A member of a prominent Moro tribe, occupying the Sulu Archipelago.

“That is the reason why the Sulu people have the right, and that they came to make the dredge (badja) to get the mother-of-pearl shell from the deep, because they can not see them.”
“At the present time there are but few remains on the Island of Jolo of the past glory and civilization of the Sulu people.”
“If the Spaniards merely meant to subjugate the Sulu, suppressing piracy and lawlessness on the way and no more, they would have been applauded in many quarters.”

name

A province of Mindanao, Philippines. Capital: Jolo & Patikul.
Sulu Archipelago (an archipelago of Mindanao, Philippines)
(historical)the Sultanate of Sulu
(dated)Tausug language

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Etymology

From Spanish Sulu/Sulú, from Tausug Sulug (“Sulu”), an older form of Sūg (“Sulu”), possibly from Tausug sulug, an older form of sūg (“current”). Compare Maranao Solog, Malay Suluk, Hokkien 蘇祿 /苏禄 (So͘-lo̍k).