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Loo

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1 English

English

Etymology 1

Unknown; possible origins include:

French lieu, place
(fancifully) the exclamation "gardez l'eau!" ("mind the water!") used when emptying a chamber pot out of a window;
the numbering of 00 on a toilet in a building

Noun

loo

(colloquial; British, Australian) toilet

Translations

Finnish: vessa (colloquial)
French: petit coin m, waters m pl

Etymology 2

Noun

loo

a card game

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The noun "loo" has one sense:

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