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Abu (volcano) is the name of a group of shield volcanoes located on the coast of Japan on the southwest end of the island of Honshū. It is primarily based in the city of Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The group dates from 800,000 years ago and was active int ...
, a volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan *
Abu, Yamaguchi is a town located in Abu District, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The town had a population of 3,372 in 2016. In April 2022, the town received nationwide attention after it mistakenly transferred its entire COVID-19 relief budget of 46.3 million ...
, a town in Japan *
Ahmadu Bello University Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is a federal government research university in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. ABU was founded on 4 October 1962, as the pioneer university in Northern Nigeria. It was founded and named after the Sardauna of Sokoto, A ...
, a university located in Zaria, Nigeria * Atlantic Baptist University, a Christian university located in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada * Elephantine, Egypt, known as Abu to the Ancient Egyptians *
A. A. Bere Tallo Airport A.A. Bere Tallo Airport, previously known as Haliwen Airport is an airport in Atambua, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It changed its name in 2013, to match local government's regulation on airport naming. History The airport was a stop-over lo ...
(IATA: ABU), in Atambua, Indonesia *
Mount Abu Mount Abu () is a hill station in the Aravalli Range in Sirohi district of the state of Rajasthan in western India.The mountain forms a rocky plateau 22 km long by 9 km wide. The highest peak on the mountain is Guru Shikhar at above ...
, the highest mountain in the Indian state of Rajasthan


People

* Abu (Arabic term), a component of some Arabic names *
Ab (Semitic) Ab or Av (related to Akkadian ''abu''), sometimes Abba, means " father" in most Semitic languages. The original word of Aba or Ab is from Ge'ez language. Arabic ''Ab'' (), from a theoretical, abstract form ( ''ʼabawun'') (triliteral ʼ- b ...
, a common part of Arabic-derived names, meaning "father of" in Arabic * Abu al-Faraj (disambiguation) * Abu Baker Asvat, a murdered South African activist and medical doctor * Abu Ibrahim (disambiguation) * Abu Mohammed (disambiguation) * Abu Salim (disambiguation) * Abdul-Malik Abu (born 1995), American
basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player in the
Israeli Premier Basketball League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball c ...
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Raneo Abu Raneo "Ranie" Enriquez Abu (born October 28, 1970) is a Filipino politician serving as the Representative of Batangas's 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2022. He served as the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippi ...
, Filipino politician


Other uses

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Abu (god) Abu was a Mesopotamian god. His character is poorly understood, though it is assumed he might have been associated with vegetation and with snakes. He was often paired with the deity ''Gu2-la2'', initially regarded as distinct from Gula, but late ...
, a minor god of vegetation in Sumerian mythology *
ABU Garcia ABU Garcia, originally AB Urfabriken ( Swedish: "Watch Factory Ltd."), then ABU Svängsta, is a fishing reel and equipment manufacturing company founded in Svängsta, Sweden, and is now owned by Pure Fishing conglomerate of the United States. ...
, a Swedish producer of sport fishing equipment *
Abu language (disambiguation) Abu language may refer to: * Abu’ Arapesh language (Papua New Guinea) * Adjora language (Papua New Guinea) * Bu language (Nigeria) See also * Abure language Abure (Aboulé), also known as ''Abonwa'' or ''Akaplass'', is a Tano language ( Kwa, ...
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Abure language Abure (Aboulé), also known as ''Abonwa'' or ''Akaplass'', is a Tano language ( Kwa, Niger–Congo) spoken near Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the 2021 census, Abidjan's popu ...
(ISO 639: ABU), a Tano language of Ivory Coast *
African Boxing Union The African Boxing Union (ABU; French: ) is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles in the African region. It is a boxing federation within the World Boxing Council (WBC), being affiliated with them since 19 ...
, African boxing organization which awards continental titles * Airman Battle Uniform, a utility uniform of the United States Air Force *
Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU or APBU), formed in 1964, is a non-profit, professional association of broadcasting organisations. It currently has over 287 members in 57 countries and regions, reaching a potential audience of about 3 bil ...
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Asymptomatic bacteriuria Bacteriuria is the presence of bacteria in urine. Bacteriuria accompanied by symptoms is a urinary tract infection while that without is known as asymptomatic bacteriuria. Diagnosis is by urinalysis or urine culture. ''Escherichia coli'' is th ...
, bacteria in the urine without signs of a urinary tract infection * Abu, character in a series of animated anti-fascist propaganda short films produced by
Halas & Batchelor Halas and Batchelor was a British animation company founded by husband and wife John Halas and Joy Batchelor. Halas was a Hungarian émigré to the United Kingdom. The company had studios in London and Cainscross, in the Stroud District of Glou ...
for the British Ministry of Information from 1943 to 1945 * A character in the Disney ''Aladdin'' franchise * The fifth month of the
Babylonian calendar The Babylonian calendar was a lunisolar calendar with years consisting of 12 lunar months, each beginning when a new crescent moon was first sighted low on the western horizon at sunset, plus an intercalary month inserted as needed by decree. Th ...


See also

* * Apu (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo, given name, surname Arabic masculine given names