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Nu

Nu has the followings meanings:

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Egyptian mythology

In Egyptian mythology, Nu is the personification of the ocean which encircled the entire world. He was an ancient god, even from before Ra, who emerged from Nu. He was part of the Ogdoad at Hermopolis[?] and the husband of Naunet.

Alternative: Nun

Greek letter

Nu is a letter in the Greek alphabet: lowercase ν, uppercase Ν.

Ethnic group

Nu is one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.

Abbreviations

Pun

Also used as a short form of new, as in Nu Metal[?], Nu Jazz[?], and Nupedia (as well as being a pun of GNU).

For multilingual definitions of Nu, see wiktionary:nu.

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