Hou or HOU may refer to:
Places
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Hou (Odder Municipality), a town in Denmark
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Hellenic Open University, in Patras, Greece
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Hounslow railway station (National Rail station code: HOU), London, England
* A common abbreviation for the U.S. city of
Houston, Texas
Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...
and its major professional sports teams:
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Houston Astros
The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. They are one of two major leag ...
, the city's Major League Baseball team
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Houston Rockets
The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Division of the Western Conference (NBA) ...
, the city's National Basketball Association team
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Houston Texans
The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston. The Texans compete in the National Football League as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC South, South division. The team plays its home games at N ...
, the city's National Football League team
* HOU, IATA code for
William P. Hobby Airport
Chinese culture
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Hou (surname), Chinese surname
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Hou (currency) (Chinese: ), a unit of currency in Greater China
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Hou (title) (Chinese: ), a title in ancient China
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Denglong (mythology) or Hou (Chinese: ), a Chinese legendary creature
Other uses
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-hou, a place-name element
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Hands-On Universe, an educational program
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Hero of Ukraine
See also
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Ho (disambiguation)
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