Nu has the followings meanings:
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
Nu is a
letter in the
Greek alphabet: lowercase ν, uppercase Ν.
Nu is one of the 56
ethnic groups officially recognized by the
People's Republic of China.
- Written Ν and ν (or for older browsers, approximately "N" and "v")
- "NU" is the ISO 3166-1 two-letter country code for Niue.
- In Canada "NU" represents the postal designation for the territory of Nunavut.
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.