Hou or HOU may refer to:
Places
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Hou (Odder Municipality)
Hou or Hov is a town in Jutland, Denmark. It is located in Odder Municipality.
Etymology
The name is known from 1608 where the area was called ''Haa Havn'', indicating the presence of a harbour even before the town existed.
In 2019 a vote among t ...
, a town in Denmark
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Hellenic Open University
The Hellenic Open University (HOU; Greek: Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο, ΕΑΠ) was founded in 1992 in Patras and is the only online/distance-learning public university in Greece. Modelled on the British Open University ...
, in Patras, Greece
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Hounslow railway station
Hounslow railway station, on the Hounslow Loop Line, is in the London Borough of Hounslow, in Greater London, and is in Travelcard Zone 5. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.
History
The London and So ...
(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)
Hou () is a Chinese surname, listed the 80th in the ''Hundred Family Surnames''. It is romanized Hau in Cantonese. It originated from a Chinese nobility title, often translated as "marquis."
Notable people
* Alyson Hau (Hou Jiaming), Hong Kong DJ/ ...
, Chinese surname
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Hou (currency)
A jiao ( ; , or in Wade–Giles used in Taiwan, chiao), or mao () (Cantonese: hou []), is a unit of currency used in China, including Mainland China, the Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. One jiao is equal to of a Chinese yuan, yuan or 10 C ...
(Chinese: ), a unit of currency in Greater China
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Hou (title) Hou () was a title for an ancient Chinese ruler, equivalent to King/Queen or Emperor/Empress.
The Chinese character ''Hou'' (后) is an ideogrammic compounds; in oracle bone script, it is written the same as ''Si'' (司, means "to rule") as the ...
(Chinese: ), a title in ancient China
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Denglong (mythology)
The Dēnglóng (), or Wàngtiānhǒu (), Cháotiānhǒu (), or simply Hǒu () is a Chinese legendary creature.
History
Legend has it that Denglong is one of the sons of the Dragon King, and has the habit of guarding. Used on Huabiaos, it sym ...
or Hou (Chinese: ), a Chinese legendary creature
Other uses
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-hou
''-hou'' or ''hou'' is a place-name element found commonly in the Norman toponymy of the Channel Islands and continental Normandy.
Etymology and signification
Its etymology and meaning are disputed, but most specialists think it comes from S ...
, a place-name element
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Hands-On Universe
Global Hands-On Universe (GHOU) is an educational program that enables students to investigate the Universe while applying tools and concepts from science, math, and technology. Using the Internet, GHOU participants request observations from an au ...
, an educational program
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Hero of Ukraine
A Hero of Ukraine (HOU; ) is the highest national decoration that can be conferred upon an individual citizen by the president of Ukraine.
The decoration was created in 1998 by President Leonid Kuchma. As of 6 June 2025, the total number of re ...
See also
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Ho (disambiguation)
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