Nu or NU may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
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Nu metal
Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal, with a metal umlaut) is a subgenre of that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop music, hip hop, funk, industrial music, industrial, and grunge. Nu ...
, a heavy metal fusion genre
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Nu jazz
Nu jazz (also spelt nü jazz or known as jazztronica, or future jazz) is a genre of jazz and electronic music. The music blends jazz elements with other musical styles, such as funk, electronic music, and free improvisation.
Nu jazz typically ve ...
, a jazz fusion genre
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Nu-disco
Nu-disco is a 21st-century dance music genre associated with a renewed interest in the late 1970s disco, synthesizer-heavy 1980s European dance music styles, and early 1990s electronic dance music. The genre was popular in the early 2000s, and exp ...
, a genre of dance music
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Nu gaze
Nu gaze (sometimes called newgaze) is a form of alternative rock that originated in the 2000s that is directly influenced by the primarily British shoegaze scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s. A renewed interest in shoegaze occurred in the ...
, a shoegaze fusion genre
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Nu prog
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early-to-mid-1970s. Initially termed "progressive pop", the ...
, a subgenre of progressive rock
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Nu-funk, a genre of dance music
Other media
* Nu-13, a fictional
character from the ''BlazBlue'' video game series
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Nu (Chrono Trigger), a fictional species from the video game ''Chrono Trigger''
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''N.U.'' (film), 1948 documentary film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
* Mr. Nu, a fictional character from the novel ''
Hitman: Enemy Within''
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Nu Gundam from the anime ''Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack''
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Nickelodeon Universe
Nickelodeon Universe is the name of two indoor amusement parks located at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota and American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with a third location under construction at the Mall of China in Chongq ...
, an indoor theme park at Mall of America
* ''Nu'', a 1934 collection of essays written in Romanian by ''
Eugène Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco (; ; born Eugen Ionescu, ; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre#Avant-garde, French avant-garde th ...
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Businesses and organizations
Universities
United States
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National University (California)
National University is a private university headquartered in San Diego, California, United States. Founded in 1971, National University offers academic degree programs at campuses throughout California, a satellite campus in Nevada, and various ...
, a private nonprofit university in La Jolla, California, United States
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Niagara University
Niagara University (NU) is a private Catholic university in the Vincentian tradition in the census-designated place Niagara University, New York, in the town of Lewiston near Niagara Falls. It is run by the Congregation of the Mission and ...
, a Roman Catholic university in Niagara County, New York, United States
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Northeastern University
Northeastern University (NU or NEU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association in 1898 as an all-male instit ...
, a research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Northwest University (Washington), a private university in Kirkland, Washington, United States
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Northwestern University
Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...
, a research institution in Evanston, Illinois, United States
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Norwich University
Norwich University is a private university in Northfield, Vermont, United States. The university was founded in 1819 as the "American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy". It is the oldest of six senior military college, senior militar ...
, a private military and traditional university in Northfield, Vermont, United States
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University of Nebraska–Lincoln
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the M ...
, United States
Japan
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Nagoya University
, abbreviated to or NU, is a Japanese national research university located in Chikusa-ku, Nagoya.
It was established in 1939 as the last of the nine Imperial Universities in the then Empire of Japan, and is now a Designated National Universit ...
, a national research university
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Niigata University, a national university
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Nihon University
, abbreviated as , is a private research university in Japan. Its predecessor, Nihon Law School (currently the Department of Law), was founded by Yamada Akiyoshi, the Minister of Justice, in 1889. The university's name is derived from the Ja ...
, a private university in Tokyo
Other countries
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Nazarbayev University
Nazarbayev University (NU) is an autonomous research university in Astana, Kazakhstan. It was founded by the former President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev in June 2010. It is an English-medium institution, with an international faculty an ...
, an international research university based in Astana, Kazakhstan
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Nanjing University
Nanjing University (NJU) is a public university in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. It is affiliated and sponsored by the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. The univers ...
, a national university in China
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Naresuan University
Naresuan University (NU; , , ) is a public university in Phitsanulok Province, northern Thailand. It was established as a separate university on 29 July 1990, the 400th anniversary of the start of the reign of Phitsanulok-born King Naresuan the ...
, a public university in Phitsanulok, Thailand
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Nile University
Nile University (NU) (Arabic: جامعة النيل) is the first non-profit, research and entrepreneurial university in Egypt. Founded in July 2006 with the support of the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. The un ...
, a private research university in Egypt
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National University (Philippines)
National University () commonly known as NU, colloquially ''National U'', is a private non–sectarian university located in Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines. The founder of the university, Mariano F. Jhocson Sr., established the institution on A ...
, a private, non-sectarian university in Manila, Philippines
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NU Bulldogs
The NU Bulldogs, Lady Bulldogs, Bullpups and Lady Bullpups are the collegiate men's and women's, and high school men's and women's, respectively, varsity teams of National University (NU) in the University Athletic Association of the Philippin ...
, the intercollegiate athletic program of the above school
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Nkumba University
Nkumba University (NKU) is a chartered private university in Uganda. It was established in 1994 as part of a group of schools and colleges that originally grew from a kindergarten established in 1951. The university is not affiliated with any pa ...
, a private university near Entebbe, Uganda
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Nirma University
Nirma University (NU) is a private university located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It functions under the aegis of the Nirma Education and Research Foundation (NERF). The Gujarat Government has granted "Centre of Excellence" status to Nirma Un ...
, a private university in Ahmedabad, India
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Northern University, Nowshera
The Northern University (NU) is a private non profit university funded by EDR Trust, located in Wattar Walai, Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The inauguration of the university was done by the Former President of Northern University General (R) Sa ...
, a private university in Nowshera, Pakistan
Other businesses and organizations
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Nahdatul Ulama
Nahdlatul Ulama (, , NU) is an Islamic organization in Indonesia. Its membership numbered over 40 million in 2023, making it the largest Islamic organization in the world. NU is also a charitable body funding schools and hospitals as well as or ...
, an Islamic group in Indonesia
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Northeast Utilities
Eversource Energy is a publicly traded company, publicly traded, Fortune 500 energy company headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, and Boston, Massachusetts, with several regulated subsidiaries offering retail electricity, natural gas service ...
, a gas and electric company in the northeastern United States
* Northern Union, an early name of the
Rugby Football League
The Rugby Football League (RFL) is the governing body for rugby league in England. Founded in 1895 as the Northern Rugby Football Union following 22 clubs resigning from the Rugby Football Union, it changed its name in 1922 to the Rugby Footb ...
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NU.nl, a Dutch online newspaper
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Nubank
Nubank is a Brazilian neobank headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. It is the largest financial technology, fintech bank in Latin America, with around 88 million customers in Brazil and 6 million between Mexico and Colombia and a revenue of $8 bil ...
(NYSE: NU), a Brazilian bank
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Japan Transocean Air
Japan Transocean Air (JTA) is an airline based in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It operates domestic services on behalf of Japan Airlines. Its main base is Naha Airport. From 1967 until 1993, the airline was known as ''Southwest Air Lines''. ...
(IATA airline designator NU)
Language and scripts
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Nu (cuneiform)
Cuneiform sign nu is a common use syllabic, or alphabetic (for ''n'' or ''u''). It is restricted to "nu", but in the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'', or elsewhere has a Sumerogram (capital letter, majuscule) use NU, and probably mostly for a component ...
, a cuneiform sign
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Nu (letter)
Nu, or ny (; uppercase Ν, lowercase ν; ''ni'' ), is the thirteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiced alveolar nasal . In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 50. It is derived from the Phoenician nun . Its Lat ...
(Ν or ν), the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet
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Nu (kana), the Japanese characters ぬ and ヌ
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Nu (Yiddish), a Yiddish interjection meaning "so what" or "hurry up"
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Nǀu language, a moribund Tuu (Khoisan) language spoken by the Nǁnǂe people in South Africa
People
Burmese people
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Nga Nu, a pretender to the Ava throne (1367)
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Saya Gyi U Nu, a writer famous during King Bodawpaya's reign (r. 1782–1819)
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Me Nu, chief queen of King Bagyidaw (r. 1819–1837)
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U Nu
Nu (; ; 25 May 1907 – 14 February 1995), commonly known as Burmese names#Honorifics, U Nu and also by the honorific name Thakin Nu, was a prominent Burmese people, Burmese statesman and the first Prime Minister of Union of Burma. He was ...
, prime minister of the Union of Burma (1948–1958; 1960–1962)
Other peoples
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Nu people
The Nu people (; alternative names include Nusu, Nùng people, Nung, Zauzou and Along) are one of the List of Chinese ethnic groups, 56 ethnic groups recognized by the People's Republic of China. Their population of 27,000 is divided into the Nor ...
, a Chinese ethnic group
Places
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Nu river
The Salween is a Southeast Asian river, about long, flowing from the Tibetan Plateau south into the Andaman Sea. The Salween flows primarily within southwest China and eastern Myanmar, with a short section forming the border of Myanmar and Tha ...
or Salween River, in China, Burma, and Thailand
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Nicaragua
Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America aft ...
(NATO country code NU)
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Niue
Niue is a self-governing island country in free association with New Zealand. It is situated in the South Pacific Ocean and is part of Polynesia, and predominantly inhabited by Polynesians. One of the world's largest coral islands, Niue is c ...
, (ISO 3166 country code NU)
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.nu, the Internet top-level domain for Niue
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Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' and the Nunavut Land Claims Agr ...
, the largest and newest of the territories of Canada
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North Uist
North Uist (; ) is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Etymology
In Donald Munro's ''A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland Called Hybrides'' of 1549, North Uist, Benbecula and South Uist are described as one isla ...
, an island in the Scottish Hebrides
Science and technology
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Norton Utilities
Norton Utilities is a utility software suite designed to help analyze, configure, optimize and maintain a computer. The latest version of the original series of Norton Utilities is Norton Utilities 16 for Windows XP/Vista/7/8, released 26 Octob ...
, system diagnostic software
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.nu, the Internet top-level domain for Niue
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Nu (programming language)
Nu is an interpreted object-oriented programming language, with a Lisp-like syntax, created by Tim Burks as an alternative scripting language to program OS X through its Cocoa application programming interface (API). Implementations also exist ...
, an interpreted object-oriented programming language
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NuMachine, a computer architecture developed at MIT
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Nucellar embryony
Nucellar embryony (notated Nu+) is a form of seed reproduction that occurs in certain plant species, including many citrus varieties. Nucellar embryony is a type of apomixis, where eventually nucellar embryos from the nucellus tissue of the ovul ...
(Nu+), a form of seed reproduction that occurs in certain plant species
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Nusselt number
In thermal fluid dynamics, the Nusselt number (, after Wilhelm Nusselt) is the ratio of total heat transfer to conductive heat transfer at a boundary in a fluid. Total heat transfer combines conduction and convection. Convection includes both ...
(Nu), a dimensionless heat transfer ratio
* Nanodalton, a unit of mass; see
dalton (unit)
The dalton or unified atomic mass unit (symbols: Da or u, respectively) is a unit of mass defined as of the mass of an Bound state, unbound neutral atom of carbon-12 in its nuclear and electronic ground state and invariant mass, at rest. It is ...
* NU, the abbreviation for
natural uranium
Natural uranium (NU or Unat) is uranium with the same isotopic ratio as found in nature. It contains 0.711% uranium-235, 99.284% uranium-238, and a trace of uranium-234 by weight (0.0055%). Approximately 2.2% of its radioactivity comes from ura ...
, referring to uranium with the same isotopic ratio as found in nature
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Sega Nu, arcade board architecture
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Not used (N.U.), indicating not populated parts in schematics and BOMs
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Poisson's ratio
In materials science and solid mechanics, Poisson's ratio (symbol: ( nu)) is a measure of the Poisson effect, the deformation (expansion or contraction) of a material in directions perpendicular to the specific direction of loading. The value ...
, a dimensionless ratio relating strain on element along one axis to the strain in an orthogonal axis, is symbolized by the Greek letter Nu, ''ν''
Other uses
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Nu (mythology)
Nu ("Watery One") or Nun ("The Inert One") (Ancient Egyptian: ; Coptic: ), in ancient Egyptian religion, is the personification of the primordial watery abyss which existed at the time of creation and from which the creator sun god Ra a ...
, the male form of the Egyptian goddess Naunet
* The Chinese term for crossbow, as in the ''chu-ko-nu'' or
repeating crossbow
The repeating crossbow (), also known as the repeater crossbow, and the Zhuge crossbow (, also romanized Chu-ko-nu) due to its association with the Three Kingdoms-era strategist Zhuge Liang (181–234 AD), is a crossbow invented during the W ...
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Bhutanese ngultrum
The ngultrum ( or ; , , ; symbol: Nu., code: BTN) is the currency of the Kingdom of Bhutan. It is subdivided into 100 chhertum (, , ; spelled as ''chetrums'' on coins until 1979). The Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan, the central bank of Bh ...
(Nu.), the official currency of Bhutan
*The IATA airline code for
Japan Transocean Air
Japan Transocean Air (JTA) is an airline based in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It operates domestic services on behalf of Japan Airlines. Its main base is Naha Airport. From 1967 until 1993, the airline was known as ''Southwest Air Lines''. ...
*NU, designation used for the Nestle-Aland and United Bible Societies biblical texts in the
New King James Version
The New King James Version (NKJV) is a translation of the Bible in contemporary English, working as a revision of the King James Version. Published by Thomas Nelson, the complete NKJV was released in 1982. With regard to its textual basis, the ...
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NU 107
DWNU, a radio station in Mega Manila, was broadcasting from 1987 to 2010 as NU 107 that played mainly rock music. It was owned by Progressive Broadcasting Corporation. The station's last studio was located at the ground floor of AIC Gold Tower, F ...
, defunct radio station in the Philippines
See also
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Nus (disambiguation) NUS or Nus may refer to:
* National University of Singapore
* Nus, Aosta Valley, Italy
* National Union of Students (Australia)
* National Union of Students (Canada) (disbanded)
* National Union of Students (United Kingdom)
* National Union of Seam ...
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Gnu
GNU ( ) is an extensive collection of free software (394 packages ), which can be used as an operating system or can be used in parts with other operating systems. The use of the completed GNU tools led to the family of operating systems popu ...
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GNU
GNU ( ) is an extensive collection of free software (394 packages ), which can be used as an operating system or can be used in parts with other operating systems. The use of the completed GNU tools led to the family of operating systems popu ...
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New (disambiguation)
New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
** "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995
* "New" (Daya song), 2017
* "New" (No Doubt song), 1 ...
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