Sulu

[ soo-loo ]

noun

, plural Su·lus, (especially collectively) Su·lu.

1. a member of the most numerous tribe of Moros, living chiefly in the Sulu Archipelago.

Example Sentences

For George Takei, who portrayed Hikaru Sulu aboard the USS Enterprise in the “Star Trek” franchise, it’s a story he is determined to keep telling every opportunity he has.

From Seattle Times

The actor best known as Sulu from “Star Trek” was only 5 when he and his family — like thousands of Japanese American citizens during World War II — were relocated from their Los Angeles home to a string of incarceration camps.

From New York Times

The Filipino heirs of the last Sultan of Sulu won a $14.9-billion award in a French arbitration court last year in a long-running dispute over a colonial-era land deal, prompting them to go after Malaysia-owned assets.

From Reuters

In addition to being a former vice mayor of Maimbung, Pondo is also a commander of the Moro National Liberation Front in Sulu province, but the Muslim insurgent group, which signed a 1996 peace pact with the government, has not condoned his criminal actions, Boquio said.

From Seattle Times

The 1996 peace pact halted decades of fighting between government forces and the Muslim secessionist rebels but did not call for the disarming of the insurgents, who returned to their villages in Sulu and outlying islands to try to live normal lives but kept their firearms.

From Seattle Times