A city in southern California; the largest city on the West Coast of the United States.

(loanword) heroin; a highly addictive drug derived from morphine

Luoyang; a prefecture-level city in Henan province that served as the capital for multiple dynasties, also known as [[洛京|洛京|luo4 jing1]] or [[京洛|京洛|jing1 luo4]]

female given name

British philosopher John Locke (1632-1704), known for his work in empiricism and political theory.

Aleksandr Blok (1880-1921), Russian poet and a leading figure of the Russian Symbolist movement.

ancient city of Troy

Common transcription for the Western names Freud or Floyd, most notably referring to Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis.

Morocco; a country in North Africa

Republic of Czechoslovakia (1918-1992)

Lopez (name)

Lorraine, a region and former province in northeastern France

Slovakia; officially the Slovak Republic since 1993

Lancelot, a legendary knight in Arthurian legend

Shylock, the antagonist in William Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice"

a country in Central Europe

Luoyang, a prefecture-level city in [[河南|河南|he2 nan2]] province

John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), American industrialist, philanthropist, and founder of Standard Oil; also refers to the prominent American family.

Loki, the Norse god of fire and mischief

Lausanne, a city in southwestern Switzerland on the northern shore of Lake Geneva; home of the International Olympic Committee.

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949-), retired Indonesian general and president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014

Bologna (city in Italy)

(loanword) heroin

Erich Fromm (1900-1980), German-born American social psychologist and psychoanalyst

Monte Carlo, a resort area in the country of Monaco

baroque (loanword); relating to the European style of architecture, music, and art of the 17th and 18th centuries

Lomé, the capital city of Togo

In Chinese mythology, the goddess of the Luo River, often identified as [[宓妃|宓妃|fu2 fei1]], the daughter of the legendary [[伏羲|伏羲|fu2 xi1]] who became a deity after drowning in the river

Abraham Maslow (1908–1970), American psychologist known for the hierarchy of needs; used as a surname.

George Gallup (1901–1984), American statistician, or the Gallup Poll (consultancy) founded by him

Marlow or Marlowe; used as a name for people or places

Shangluo, a prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province [[陕西|陝西|shan3 xi1]]

A major tributary of the Wei River ([[渭河|渭河|wei4 he2]]) in northern Shaanxi Province

Luoning County in [[洛阳|洛陽|luo4 yang2]], Henan province

Kliment Voroshilov (1881-1969), a Soviet politician and military commander

Nancy Pelosi (1940-), US Democratic Party politician from California who served as Speaker of the US House of Representatives

Lopez (name)

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis

Luochuan county in [[延安|延安|yan2 an1]], Shaanxi province

Horowitz (name)

Shangluo, a prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province [[陕西省|陝西省|shan3 xi1 sheng3]]

Leon Trotsky (1879–1940), a key figure in the Russian Revolution

Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), American abstract expressionist painter known for his "drip painting" technique and influence on mid-20th-century art.

Lord, used as a foreign name; specifically refers to American diplomat Winston Lord.

(loanword) Merlot, referring to the grape variety or the wine made from it

Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province

(idiom) literary works become popular and widely circulated; to sell like hotcakes. Literally meaning "paper has become expensive in Luoyang" because everyone is rushing to buy paper to copy a famous story.

Luojiang, a district of Quanzhou City in Fujian province