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Nu
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Appendix:Variations of "nu"
English
Nu (mythology)
thumb|right|The god Nu, at bottom, representing the primordial waters, raises the barque of the sun into the sky at the creation of the world.
Etymology 1
en :bor egy:nnw<t:Nu, the primeval waters> + 1
Proper noun
en Egyptian god The god who serves as the personification of the primeval waters that existed before the world.
Translations
Egyptian god
Afrikaans: af Noe, af Noen
Arabic: ar نوو
Armenian: hy Նու, hy Նուն
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 努恩
Greek: el Νου, el Νουν
Hebrew: he נו
Japanese: ja ヌン
Korean: ko 누
Mingrelian: xmf ნუნი
Persian: fa نو, fa نون
Urdu: ur نو
Etymology 2
en
Proper noun
one of the 56 ethnic groups recognized by the People's Republic of China.
Translations
ethnic group
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 怒族
Xibe: sjo ᠨᡠᡯᡠ ᡠᡣᠰᡠᠷᠠ nudzu uksura
Etymology 3
Abbreviations.
Proper noun
en Numbers a book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
en NU, Nunavut
Anagrams
en nu 'un -un- U.N. UN Un un un-
German
Etymology
Substantivisation of de nu now, alternative form of de nun now.
Pronunciation
de De-Nu.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de uː 1
Noun
de noun n m indeclinable
de im Nu immediately, in no time in the now
Usage notes
The masculine gender is more recent. The noun has traditionally been used with the neuter gender.
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