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Meaning of "lauan" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LAUAN

lauan  [ˈluːɑːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAUAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lauan is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LAUAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lauan

Lauan may refer to: ▪ Decorative plywood made from lauan trees and others in the dipterocarpaceae family ▪ Trees in genus Shorea, sometimes known as Philippine mahogany...

Definition of lauan in the English dictionary

The definition of lauan in the dictionary is a type of hard, lightweight wood from trees of the genus Shorea, used in furniture-making.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LAUAN


Afghanistan
æfˈɡænɪˌstɑːn
Akan
ˈɑːkɑːn
Azerbaijan
ˌæzəbaɪˈdʒɑːn
Balikpapan
ˌbɑːlɪkˈpɑːpɑːn
barn
bɑːn
Bhutan
buːˈtɑːn
Iran
ɪˈrɑːn
khan
kɑːn
Kyrgyzstan
ˈkɪəɡɪzˌstɑːn
Medan
ˈmɛdɑːn
Oman
əʊˈmɑːn
Pakistan
ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːn
Ramadan
ˌræməˈzɑːn
Sudan
suːˈdɑːn
Taiwan
ˈtaɪˈwɑːn
Tajikistan
tɑːˌdʒɪkɪˈstɑːn
tuan
ˈtuːɑːn
Turkmenistan
ˌtɜːkmɛnɪˈstɑːn
Uzbekistan
ˌʌzbɛkɪˈstɑːn
zaman
zəˈmɑːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAUAN

laud
Lauda
laudability
laudable
laudableness
laudably
laudanum
laudation
laudative
laudator
laudatory
Lauder
Laudian
lauds
Laue
lauf
laugh
laugh all the way to the bank
laugh away

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAUAN

Antiguan
Assouan
Assuan
Don Juan
duan
gargantuan
guan
Kairouan
Labuan
Nauruan
Nicaraguan
San Juan
Sichuan
Siouan
Szechuan
taguan
Taiyuan
Tuvaluan
Yinchuan
yuan

Synonyms and antonyms of lauan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lauan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAUAN

Find out the translation of lauan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lauan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lauan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

柳安木
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lauan
570 millions of speakers

English

lauan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lauan
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

lauan
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Lauan
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lauan
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lauan
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lauan
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lauan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lauan-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ラワン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

나왕
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lauan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Lauan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lauan
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लॉयन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lauan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lauan
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lauan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Lauan
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Lauan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lauan
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lauan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lauan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lauan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lauan

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAUAN»

The term «lauan» is regularly used and occupies the 95.538 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of lauan
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «lauan».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAUAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lauan» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lauan» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lauan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAUAN»

Discover the use of lauan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lauan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Philippine Island World: A Physical, Cultural, and ...
found higher on the mountain slopes occurs, is the homeland of the tangile- oak- lauan forest subtype. The true lauan forest is the most successful commercial forest found in the Philippines. It occupies the lowland areas near the bases of the ...
Frederick L. Wernstedt, Joseph Earle Spencer, 1967
2
Forest Genetic Resources Conservation and Management: ...
The group known as lauan or Philippine mahogany in the trade is composed mainly of the first six Shorea listed above plus Parashorea and Pentacme species. Mixed dipterocarp forests Five subtypes are recognized in the mixed dipterocarp ...
Asia Pacific Forest Genetic Resources Programme. Inception Workshop, T. Luoma-aho, 2004
3
The forests of the Philippines
Guisoc-guisoc Dalingdlngan- isak. Yacal Black yacal Malayacal Bagtican-lauan.. White lauan Guisoc Alm6n-lauan Guijo Malaa n 6 n a n g lauan. Tanguile Mangasin6ro lauan. Red lauan Tiaong-lauan,. Mayapis-lauan. Kalunti-lauan. Narig.
Philippine Islands. Bureau of Forestry, Melvin L. Merritt, Harry Nichols Whitford, 1908
4
Disentangling: Conflict Discourse in Pacific Societies
Lauan dialect would be to use the word boka instead of raica. In the Sakiusa v. Manu debate, Lauan words are used at times. Some Lauanisms, such as use of the word yaba for "mat" instead of the Bauan ibe, occur in Sakiusa v. Manu but do  ...
Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo, Geoffrey Miles White, 1990
5
Popular Mechanics
Size and description (use) LEFT CABINET-A A1 1 3/4 x 237/8 x 76" lauan plywood (side) A2 1 3/4 x 227/s x 237/8" AMP (African mahogany plywood — interior) A3 3 3/4 x 21 7/s x 237/s" lauan plywood (interior) A4 1 3/4 x 237/8 x 273/ s" AMP ...
6
Forestry Quarterly
Among the lauan group are white lauan, kalunti-lauan, almon-lauan, bagtican- lauan, malaanonang-lauan, mangasinoro- lauan, tiaong-lauan, mayapi-lauan, red lauan, and tanguile. Many shades of brown and red are comprised in the ...
‎1912
7
Popular Mechanics
Size and description (use) A 13 % x 2'/2 x 28%" lauan plywood (long web) B 10 % x 2'/2 x 2W lauan plywood (web) C 5 % x 21/2 x 3%" lauan plywood (web) D 8 3/4 x 2'/2 x 3%" lauan plywood (web) E 5 3/4 x 2'/2 x 35/s" lauan plywood (web) ...
8
A Practical Guide to Greener Theatre: Introduce ...
New production techniques have also allowed the use of trees other than the original lauan trees and environmental groups fear that forests from the Amazon to Central Africa will ultimately be impacted. Destructive logging techniques and ...
Ellen E. Jones, 2013
9
Model Railroading with M.T.H. Electric Trains
I started this process by gathering some of the excess pieces of Lauan wood board that was used to create the divider and layout border edge. Using Lauan for the railroad crossings has several advantages. First, it already has a wood grain ...
Adelman, 2011
10
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
(3) In naming or designating the seven nonmahogany Philippine woods Tanguile , Red Lauan, White Lauan, Tiaong, Almon, Mayapis, and Bagtikan, the term " mahogany" may be used but only when prefixed by the word "Philippine" (e.g., ...
‎1984

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAUAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lauan is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Events targeted to raise money for school
But this is a school that I can say is close to my heart, because I came out of the village, from lifting coconuts and speaking in a Lauan dialect. «Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, Jul 15»
2
ND Credit Union opens new agency
The program was allowed to expire in July 2013, and since then RV manufacturers have paid more than $22 million in tariffs on lauan wood, ... «South Bend Tribune, Jul 15»
3
DENR seizes 1000 board feet of illegally cut lumber from Mt. Apo
KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Environmentalists and forest rangers on Friday seized more than 1,000 board feet of illegally cut Lauan lumber in a ... «InterAksyon, Jul 15»
4
is a 3.4-metre-wide home in Japan
In the kitchen, stainless-steel countertops are combined with cabinets made from lauan – a low-cost plywood. Kakko House by Yoshihiro ... «Dezeen, Jul 15»
5
Barge runs aground in Antique
The vessel is owned by D.M. Consunji, Inc. (DMCI), who is supposed to donate the materials to a church in Barangay Guisian in Lauan, Antique ... «ABS CBN News, Jul 15»
6
Intrigue Marks SODELPA Voting
Mr Jale and a Lauan delegation that included Adi Ateca Ganilau had approached Ro Teimumu in Nadera, Nasinu in the traditional way to ... «Fiji Sun Online, Jun 15»
7
In Negros Oriental, forest firefighters ride on horses
The group purchased 10 local-bred horses to help forest guards patrol their tree plantations consisting mostly of lauan. These plantations are ... «Rappler, Jun 15»
8
3000 board feet of narra seized by Quezon anti-illegal logging team
Last May 30, QEEG operatives also seized more than 4,000 board feet (9.44 cubic meters) of red lauan, another hard wood species, while ... «Inquirer.net, Jun 15»
9
Multi-million facility to boost CV refo
DENR 7 also mantains a nursery of dipterocarp species, like lauan and molave, which are karge trees that grow up to 70 meters tall. Fabre said ... «Sun.Star, Jun 15»
10
Negros SP seeks probe of NIA tree-cutting
... Elmo Amit, who reported the cutting and damaging of lauan trees, an endangered specie, as a result of the irrigation project of NIA in Brgy. «Visayan Daily Star, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Lauan [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lauan>. Apr 2024 ».
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