Nu
Nu has the following meanings:
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Greek letter
Nu is a letter in the Greek alphabet: lowercase ν, uppercase Ν.
Egyptian mythology
In Egyptian mythology, Nu is the personification of the ocean which encircled the entire world. He was an ancient god, even from before Ra, who emerged from Nu. He was part of the Ogdoad at Hermopolis and the husband of Naunet.
Alternative: Nun
Ethnic groups
Nu is one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
With a slash to denote a click, the N/u, or Khomani, are a San (Bushman) people of Africa. They speak a Khoisan language which is also called N/u.
Abbreviations
- Written Ν and ν (or for older browsers, approximately "N" and "v")
- "NU" is the ISO 3166-1 two-letter country code for Niue.
- In Canada "NU" represents
the postal designation for the territory of Nunavut.
Respelling
Nu is also used as a short form of new, as in Nu Metal, Nu Jazz, and Nupedia (as well as being a pun on GNU).
Interjection
As an interjection before a sentence, the word nu means "Well . . ." This interjection is of Yiddish origin.
Other definitions
In Chinese, Nu means woman. See Nu shu, the women-only language.
For multilingual definitions of Nu, see wiktionary:nu.