loan.¹

Brit.

/ˈləʊə/, U.S.

/ləˈwɑ/

Etymology: < an African language of Angola, used as a specific name in Filaria loa (T. S. Cobbold Entozoa (1864) xiv. 389) and as a generic name in Loa loa (C. W. Stiles 1905, in Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric. Bur. Anim. Ind. no. 79. 50).

A filarial worm of the monotypic genus so called, found in tropical Africa and infecting the eyes and subcutaneous tissues in man. Also attributive.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Nemathelminthes > [noun] > class Nematoda > genus Filaria > member of > filaria loa

loa1864

1864 T. S. Cobbold Entozoa xiv. 389 I had independently arrived at the conviction that the Loa was a totally distinct worm from the Filaria oculi.

1864 T. S. Cobbold Entozoa xiv. 389 The parasite in question is rather more than an inch in length, it is..termed Loa.

1889 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Loa-worm.

1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxxiii. 518 The man remembered that when a lad, he had a loa in his eye.

1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxxiii. 519 The blood of another patient, known to be the subject of loa infection.

1958 Ann. Trop. Med. & Parasitol. LII. 158 (title) The relationship between human and simian Loa in the rain-forest zone of the British Cameroons.

1971 Price & Hopps in R. A. Marcial-Rojas Path. Protozoal & Helminthic Dis. lii. 917/1 (heading) The eye worm, loa worm.

1971 Price & Hopps in R. A. Marcial-Rojas Path. Protozoal & Helminthic Dis. lii. 917/1 He [sc. Guyot] described the worm under the native name ‘loa’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

loan.²

Brit.

/ˈləʊə/, U.S.

/ləˈwɑ/

Forms: Plural unchanged or loas.

Etymology: < Haitian Creole lwa, perhaps < French roi king.

A deity in the voodoo religion of Haiti.

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the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > Haitian

loa1933

1933 J. H. Craige Black Bagdad xv. 267 Thanks to the spells I have made in your behalf, the loas have held their hands over you, and you are free.

1937 M. J. Herskovits Life Haitian Valley ii. iv. 81 The ordinary plates or calabashes on which food is offered the loa, or African deities.

1959 H. Charteris tr. A. Métraux Voodoo in Haiti iii. 120 A loa moves into the head of an individual having first driven out..one of the two souls that everyone carries in himself.

1960 Spectator 5 Aug. 218/3 The peculiar congregation, led by the Voodoo Priestess, start summoning up their favourite spirits or ‘loas’, who—dead on cue—take possession of the celebrants one after another.

1966 Punch 10 Aug. 235/3 The ‘loa’, the demon-gods who take possession of the initiates at Voodoo ceremonies and impose on them their own voice, features, and character.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	loa
释义	loan.¹ Brit. /ˈləʊə/, U.S. /ləˈwɑ/ Etymology: < an African language of Angola, used as a specific name in Filaria loa (T. S. Cobbold Entozoa (1864) xiv. 389) and as a generic name in Loa loa (C. W. Stiles 1905, in Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric. Bur. Anim. Ind. no. 79. 50). A filarial worm of the monotypic genus so called, found in tropical Africa and infecting the eyes and subcutaneous tissues in man. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Nemathelminthes > [noun] > class Nematoda > genus Filaria > member of > filaria loa loa1864 1864 T. S. Cobbold Entozoa xiv. 389 I had independently arrived at the conviction that the Loa was a totally distinct worm from the Filaria oculi. 1864 T. S. Cobbold Entozoa xiv. 389 The parasite in question is rather more than an inch in length, it is..termed Loa. 1889 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Loa-worm. 1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxxiii. 518 The man remembered that when a lad, he had a loa in his eye. 1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxxiii. 519 The blood of another patient, known to be the subject of loa infection. 1958 Ann. Trop. Med. & Parasitol. LII. 158 (title) The relationship between human and simian Loa in the rain-forest zone of the British Cameroons. 1971 Price & Hopps in R. A. Marcial-Rojas Path. Protozoal & Helminthic Dis. lii. 917/1 (heading) The eye worm, loa worm. 1971 Price & Hopps in R. A. Marcial-Rojas Path. Protozoal & Helminthic Dis. lii. 917/1 He [sc. Guyot] described the worm under the native name ‘loa’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). loan.² Brit. /ˈləʊə/, U.S. /ləˈwɑ/ Forms: Plural unchanged or loas. Etymology: < Haitian Creole lwa, perhaps < French roi king. A deity in the voodoo religion of Haiti. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > Haitian loa1933 1933 J. H. Craige Black Bagdad xv. 267 Thanks to the spells I have made in your behalf, the loas have held their hands over you, and you are free. 1937 M. J. Herskovits Life Haitian Valley ii. iv. 81 The ordinary plates or calabashes on which food is offered the loa, or African deities. 1959 H. Charteris tr. A. Métraux Voodoo in Haiti iii. 120 A loa moves into the head of an individual having first driven out..one of the two souls that everyone carries in himself. 1960 Spectator 5 Aug. 218/3 The peculiar congregation, led by the Voodoo Priestess, start summoning up their favourite spirits or ‘loas’, who—dead on cue—take possession of the celebrants one after another. 1966 Punch 10 Aug. 235/3 The ‘loa’, the demon-gods who take possession of the initiates at Voodoo ceremonies and impose on them their own voice, features, and character. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1864n.²1933
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