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Manu
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Appendix:Variations of "manu"
English
Etymology 1
+ (Hinduism)
en sa मनु man, mankind. en man mann.
Proper noun
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en Hinduism A title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, first king to rule this earth, who saved mankind from a great global flood.
en 1988 Hermann Oldenberg; Shridhar B. Shrotri The Religion of the Veda 138 Agni is the one who is introduced by Manu, who is kindled by Manu; one requests him to rule at the present sacrifice, as he had done it for Manu, when he "offered the first oblation, with kindled fire, with his (attentive) heart and soul, along with the seven priests" to the gods (X, 63, 7).
en theosophy The progenitor of the Aryan en root origin-race, which is said to have originated in Atlantis.
en male Sanskrit, commonly used in India.
Related terms
Swayambhuva Manu
Etymology 2
en Emmanuel.
Proper noun
en male.
Anagrams
en amnu Amun NUMA Numa Uman maun
Finnish
Etymology
Short form of fi Immanuel, also used as a nickname for fi Mauno and fi Maunu.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi male
fi informal Nickname for Mauno Koivisto, Finnish politician and President of Finland (1982–1994)
fi Finnish given names
Declension
Man u a
Statistics
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dvv_20250813 124
References
Anagrams
fi amnu maun muna namu
fi Nicknames for individuals
Hawaiian
Etymology
haw manu bird, also a short form of compound names containing this word.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
haw proper noun
haw male,female Hawaiian
References
Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986
Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Manu occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 14 women and 26 men.
Māori
Etymology
From mi manu bird, also a short form of compound names containing this word.
Proper noun
mi male
Sandawe
Proper noun
sad proper noun
sad male
References
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
es male Manuel
Walloon
Pronunciation
wa /ma.ˈny/
Proper noun
wa proper noun
wa male Manuel