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Loos

Loos \Loos\, n. [OE. los, fr. OF. los, laus.] Praise; fame; reputation. [Obs.]
--Spenser.

Good conscience and good loos.
--Chaucer.

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loos

Etymology 1 n. praise, fame, reputation. Etymology 2

n. (plural of loo English)

Wikipedia
Loos

Loos may refer to:

Places
  • Loos, Nord, France
  • Loos-en-Gohelle, France
  • Loos Islands, also known as Îles de Los, Guinea
  • Loos, British Columbia, Canada
  • Los, Sweden
People
  • Loos (surname)
Other
  • Battle of Loos, a battle of World War I, which took place near Loos-en-Gohelle
Loos (surname)

Loos is a Dutch and Low German surname. It cn be of toponymic, patronymic or descriptive origin. In the Low Countries, Lo/Loos was a short form of Lodewijk (akin to Louis)1 while in North Germany the name may be derived from Nikolaus.2 People with this surname include:

In art
  • Adolf Loos (1870-1933), Austrian architect
  • Anita Loos (1888-1981), American screen writer and author
  • Anna Loos (born 1970), German actress and singer
  • Charles Loos (born 1951), Belgian jazz pianist and composer
  • Friedrich Loos (1797-1890), Austrian painter, etcher and lithographer
  • Mary Loos (1910-2004), American actress
  • Theodor Loos (1883-1954), German actor
In sports
  • Dave Loos (born 1947), American basketball coach and athletic director
  • :fr:Georg Loos (born 1943), German racing driver
  • Josef Loos (1888–1955), Czech ice hockey player
  • Ludo Loos (born 1955), Belgian road bicycle racer
  • Michelle Loos, New Zealand footballer
  • Pete Loos (1878–1956), American baseball pitcher
  • Vilém Loos (1895-1942), Czechoslovakian ice hockey player
  • Walter Loos (born 1955), German footballer
Other
  • Cornelius Loos (1546-1595), Dutch Catholic priest and theologian
  • Cornelius Loos (1686-1738), Swedish military engineer and explorer
  • François Loos (born 1953), French diplomat
  • Gerhard Loos (1916–1944), German Luftwaffe fighter ace
  • Jan Frans Loos (1799-1871), Belgian liberal politician
  • John L. Loos (1918-2011), American historian
  • R. Beers Loos (1860-1944), American journalist and newspaper publisher
  • Rebecca Loos (born 1977), Dutch-Spanish model and media personality
  • Wilhelm Loos (1911–1988), German World War II army officer
  • Wolfgang Loos (1923–2004), German Luftwaffe fighter ace