Danu

Definition: Danu

Danu

Noun

1. (Irish) mother of the Tuatha De Danann; identified with the Welsh Don.

Synonym: Danu

Synonym: Dana (n). (additional references)

In Celtic mythology, Danu was a mother goddess and wife of Beli. With him, she was the mother of the Dagda, Dian Cecht, Lir, Lugh, Gwydion, Govannnon, Arianrhod, Gilfaethwy and Amaethon. By Dagda, she was the mother of Ogma. She was the matriarch of the Tuatha de Danaan.

Alternative: Don (Welsh), Dan, Dana, Dann

In Hinduism, Danu is the primordial goddess of waters, present at the creation.

Crosswords: Danu

English words defined with "Danu": Ana ♦ Don. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Dve noci u jednom danu (1963)
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Domain	Title
References	DBS Thai Danu Bank Public Company Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	THAI DANU BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LTD.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (Financial Performance Series) (reference) W. B. Yeats and the Tribes of Danu (reference) W.B. Yeats and the Tribes of Danu (reference) (more book examples)
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"Danu" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "Danu" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	71.43%	5	157,705
Noun (proper)	28.57%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	7	N/A

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Danu": danu-isation.
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "danu"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		anuday.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words containing "Danu": labdanum, labdanums, ladanum, ladanums, laudanum, laudanums, pandanus, pandanuses. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-n-u"
	-1 letter: and, dun.
	-2 letters: ad, an, na, nu, un.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-n-u"
	+1 letter: adunc, daunt, dunam, maund, ulnad.
	+2 letters: abound, adnoun, around, auding, augend, daunts, dhurna, duenna, dunams, durian, landau, lurdan, maunds, maundy, soudan, suldan, sundae, tundra, unaged, unawed, unclad, undead, undraw, unhand, unlade, unlaid, unlead, unload, unmade, unpaid, unread, unsaid, upland.
	+3 letters: abounds, adjourn, adjunct, adnouns, agendum, aground, aliunde, astound, asunder, attuned, audient, audings, augends, bandeau, bausond, candour, danseur, daubing, daunder, daunted, daunter, dauphin, dauting, decuman, dhurnas, diurnal, duennas, dunnage, duodena, duramen, durance, durians, dustman, dustpan, gurnard, handful, handgun, handout, haunted, husband, incudal, indusia, iracund, jaunced, jaunted, ladanum, landaus, languid, lauding, launder, laundry, lunated, lurdane, lurdans, manured, maudlin, maunder, medusan, mundane, natured, nodular, nuanced, nutated, osmunda, outland, pandour, pandura, poundal, pudenda, quanted, quondam, rondeau, rotunda, sandbur, snafued, soudans, standup, subdean, suldans, summand, sundaes, sundial, sunland, sunward, tamandu, taunted, tundras, unacted, unadult, unaided, unaimed, unaired, unarmed, unasked, unbaked, unbased, unbated, unbraid, uncaged, uncaked, uncased, undated, undrape, undrawn, undraws, undular, unfaded, unfaked, unfazed, unguard, unhands, unhandy, unheard, unideal, unitard, unjaded, unlaced, unladed, unladen, unlades, unleads, unloads, unmated, unnamed, unpaged, unpaved, unraked, unrated, unrazed, unready, unsated, unsaved, unsawed, untamed, untaxed, untread, unwaxed, uplands, upstand, uranide, vaunted.
	+4 letters: abducens, abducent, abducing, abounded, abundant, addendum, adducent, adducing, adjourns, adjuncts, adjuring, adjutant, adjuvant, aduncate, aduncous, agendums, airbound, alluding, amounted, annulled, antidrug, antiqued, astounds, audience, audients, auditing, audition, aunthood, autodyne, bandeaus, bandeaux, baudekin, baudrons, boundary, breadnut, bushland, caducean, candours, cauldron, chaunted, clubhand, crunodal, cuneated, dandruff, danseurs, danseuse, daunders, daunters, daunting, dauphine, dauphins, debutant, denarius, denature, dentural, denudate, dianthus, diluvian, dinosaur, disannul, diurnals, downhaul, drunkard, dulciana, dulcinea, dumbcane, duncical, duneland, dungaree, dunnages, duodenal, duramens, durances, duration, dustpans, dutchman, eudaemon, flaunted, furnaced, glandule, gourmand, graduand, grandeur, guanidin, guardant, guardian, guarding, guidance, gurnards, handcuff, handfuls, handguns, handouts, handsful, haunched, headhunt, humanoid, husbands, incudate, indurate, indusial, inundant, inundate, jaundice, junkyard, labdanum, ladanums, laudanum, launched, launders, lunkhead, lurdanes, mandamus, maunders, maundies, medusans, mundanes, muraenid, nonadult, nudicaul, osmundas, outdance, outdrank, outdrawn, outlands, outstand, pandanus, pandours, panduras, pauldron, paunched, pendular, poundage, poundals, pudendal, quadding, quadrans, quadrant, quadroon, quandang, quandary, quandong, rigaudon, rondeaux, rotundas, ruinated, sandburr, sandburs, sandspur, scandium, sinuated, soundman, squadron, squander, standout, subdeans, subnodal, sudation, summands, sunbaked, sundials, sunlands, sunscald, sunshade, sunwards, surnamed, tamandua, tamandus, tautened, thousand, transude, truanted, turbaned, unabated, unabused, unafraid, unallied, unamused, unaneled, unargued, unatoned, unavowed, unawaked, unbacked, unbanned, unbarbed, unbarred, unbathed, unbeared, unbiased, unblamed, unbraced, unbraids, unbraked, uncalled, uncandid, uncapped, uncashed, uncasked, uncaused, uncoated, uncrated, undamped, undaring, underact, underage, underarm, underate, undereat, underjaw, underlap, underlay, underpay, underran, undersea, undertax, underway, undoable, undraped, undrapes, undreamt, undulant, undulate, unearned, unerased, unevaded, unfading, unfeared, unframed, ungalled, unglazed, ungraced, ungraded, unguards, unhailed, unhaired, unhalved, unhanded, unhanged, unharmed, unhatted, unhealed, unheated, unideaed, unitards, unjammed, unlading, unlashed, unleaded, unleased, unloaded, unloader, unmanned, unmapped, unmarked, unmarred, unmasked, unmatted, unnailed, unpacked, unpaired, unparted, unplaced, unplayed, unraised, unranked, unrepaid, unsaddle, unsalted, unscaled, unsealed, unseamed, unseared, unseated, unshaded, unshamed, unshaped, unshared, unshaved, unslaked, unsoaked, unstated, unstayed, unsteady, unswayed, untacked, untagged, untanned, untapped, untasted, unthawed, unthread, untoward, untraced, untreads, unvalued, unvaried, unwalled, unwanted, unwarmed, unwarned, unwarped, unwashed, unwasted, unweaned, unyeaned, updating, uplander, upstands, uranides, uredinia, urinated, vanadium, vanadous, vanguard.
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