Nu

Definition: Nu

Nu

Noun

1. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.

Date "nu" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

"Nu" is a common misspelling or typo for: gnu, no, nub, nun, nut.

Specialty Definitions: Nu

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Nu The country code for Niue. (1999-01-27) Because it sounds like "new", nu is heavily used for vanity domains. (1999-01-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Nu

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Nu has the following meanings:

Greek letter

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

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

Ethnic groups

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

With a slash to denote a click, the N/u, or Khomani, are a San (Bushman) people of Africa. They speak a Khoisan language which is also called 'N/u'\.

Abbreviations

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.

Respelling

Nu is also used as a short form of new, as in Nu Metal, Nu Jazz, and Nupedia (as well as being a pun on GNU).

Interjection

As an interjection before a sentence, the word nu means "Well . . ." This interjection is of Yiddish origin.

Other definitions

In Chinese, Nu means woman. See Nu shu, the women-only language.

For multilingual definitions of Nu, see wiktionary:nu.NU may stand for:

Niue (ISO country code)
Nunavut (Canadian territory)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nu."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Nu

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
NU	Dutch	Nummerontoegankelijkheid	Post & Telecom
NU	English	Norwich Union	N/A
NU	French	Nioué	Geography
NU	Greek	Νιούε	Geography
NU tone	English	Number-unobtainable tone	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: Nu

Specialty definitions using "nu": Abbe's number ♦ Direct Observation of the Nu Tau ♦ Nu Thena, NU tone ♦ Planck equation. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Nu" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Catalan (bare, naked, nude), Czech (why), Danish (at present, now), Dutch (at present, now, nu, well, well then), Esperanto (now, well, well then), French (bare, in the nude, in the raw, naked, nude, unclad, unclothed), German (now, well, well then), Italian (number), Portuguese (bare, naked, nude, nudge, nugatory, sky-clad, unclad), Romanian (by no means, nay, never, no, not), Swedish (at present, now, presently), Wolof (we).

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Modern Usage: Nu

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Nu uh! (Dumb & Dumber; writing credit: Peter Farrelly; Bennett Yellin)
Movie/TV Titles	Da tie nu (1974) Kunwarbai Nu Mamerun (1974) Le Sexe nu (1974) Chao Zhou nu han (1973) Dang nu ji hang (1973)
Song Titles	Heaven (performing artist: Nu Flavor) I Can't Wait (performing artist: Nu Shooz)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Nu

Domain	Title
References	Nu Horizons Electronics Corp.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Nu Skin Enterprises Inc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Nu World Holdings Ltd: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Aan de Dijk Gezet: Dijkwoningen Vroeger, Nu En in de Toekomst (reference) Brave Nu World (reference) Market Guide / ProVestor Plus Company Report for Northeast Utilities - NU [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) Naked Souls = Ames A Nu (reference) Nu Exposure Catalog Collection (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Chuyen De Phu Nu (reference) Huisarts Nu (reference) Nu E (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Nu Pogodi (I'll Get You) in Russian (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Nu Flava Hymns (reference) Nu Skool Pimpin (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Nu

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Nu skal det ske, x D, Venstre.Credit: Library of Congress.		Stop skatte -- nu, ogsaa ned med skatterne : Danmarks retsforbund.Credit: Library of Congress.
	De gamle partier har-i-enighed-naaet, at vi nu betaler 5600 mill. kr. i direkte og indirekte skatter ... stem pa Retsforbundet, E.Credit: Library of Congress.		Nu kommer foraret, der er voekst i Retsforbundet.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Fortsatt slass mot fordomar! : nu finns en lag om jamstalldhet mellan kvinnor och man : den vill vi gora battre : Folkpartiet.Credit: Library of Congress.		Fortsatt bekampa arbetsloshet! : fler har arbete nu an nagonsin, men det maste finnas jobb at alla : Folkpartiet.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Indonesie los van Holland nu, kiest Communisten.Credit: Library of Congress.		Valet galler din framtid : du avgor den nu : Svensk ungdom.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Fortsatt gora skolan battre! : nu satsar vi mer pa kunskaper : Folkpartiet.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Nu

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		For the past few years, several U.S. firms including Nu Skin, Nature's Sunshine, Herbal Life and E-Excel have joined the market and have been growing rapidly. (references)
Economic History	Philippines	Recent entries are Golden Neo-Life, Barclay-Elle Marge, Nu Skin, Neways, Futurenet and Mary Kay. (references)
	Taiwan	Firms such as Avon, Amway, Nu Skin and Tupperware have taken advantage of the sales skills of ambitious, well-educated Taiwan women to become very successful. (references)
	Taiwan	Some suppliers use shorter distribution channels, distributing products directly through retailers only or, for companies such as Avon and Nu Skin, selling products directly to the consumer. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Nu

"Nu" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 35.24% of the time. "Nu" is used about 105 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 (proper)	35.24%	37	56,631
Noun (singular)	21.9%	23	72,767
Article	20.95%	22	74,468
Unclassified Items	13.33%	14	93,893
Negative Partical "Not" or "n't"	3.81%	4	175,879
Noun (common)	3.81%	4	175,879
Interjection	0.95%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	105	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Nu

The following table summarizes the usage of "nu" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Nu	First name Female	1,000	3,783
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Nu

Country	Name	Country	Name
South Africa	Nu World Holdings Ltd	USA	Nu Horizons Electronics Corp.
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Nu

Expressions using "nu": Direct Observation of the Nu Tau ♦ nu Thena ♦ NU tone. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "nu": nu-calculus, nu-grip, Nu-groove, Nu-line, nu-matic, Nu-nu-nursery, Nu-pak, Nu-plex, NU-Prolog, nu-swift.
	Ending with "nu": Xi-nu.
	Containing "nu": va-nu-pieds.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Nu

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
nu	792	artistico nu	42
nu bra	268	nu horizon	40
leda nu west	135	masculino nu	37
nu flavor	122	calgon nu	35
nu skin	116	interracial porn nu	34
homme nu	94	homem nu	34
nu metal	88	life nu	33
nu image	82	fille nu	31
nu west	74	nu star	30
sigma nu	72	nu phi pi	28
flow nu	70	nu wa	28
femme nu	64	nu kote	27
obagi nu derm	50	metro nu	25
nu hair	46	nu theta xi	24
b b b b blistering death hard hardcore heavy magazine metal nu online rock thrash	45	blomstertid den kommer nu	24
nu zymes	44	homme nu photo	23
finish nu	44	nu westleda.com	23
nu photo	43	just nu snyggast	22
flavor lyrics nu	43	nu derm	22
nu shooz	42	nu way	22
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Nu

Language		Translations for "nu"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		henvisningstone (NU tone, number-unobtainable tone). (various references)

Dutch		nu (at present, Niue, now, number unobtainable, well, well then). (various references)

Finnish		opasteääni (NU tone, number unobtainable, number-unobtainable tone). (various references)

French		tonalité de numéro non accessible (NU tone, number-unobtainable tone). (various references)

German		Hinweiston (NU tone, number-unobtainable tone). (various references)

Greek		σήμα μη προσιτού καλούμενου αριθμού (NU tone, number-unobtainable tone). (various references)

Italian		tono di guasto (NU tone, number-unobtainable tone). (various references)

Pig Latin		unay

Portuguese		sinal fora de serviço (NU tone, number-unobtainable tone). (various references)

Spanish		tono de fuera de servicio (NU tone, number-unobtainable tone). (various references)

Swedish		hänvisningston (NU tone, number unobtainable tone, number-unobtainable tone, special information tone). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Nu

Language	Date	Source	Romans Chapter 11, Verse 5
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	OutwV oun kai en tw nun kairw leimma kat ekloghn caritoV gegonen
Latin	405	Vulgate	Sic ergo et in hoc tempore reliquiae secundum electionem gratiae factae sunt
Old English	990	West Saxon	Swa is þær nu eac laf þurh giefe gecoren.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	So therfor also in this tyme, the relifs ben maad saaf, bi the chesyng of the grace of God.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Even so at this tyme ys ther a remnanaunt lefte thorow the eleccion of grace.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	In the same way, there are at this present time some who are marked out by the selection of grace.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Nu

Language	Romans Chapter 11, Verse 5
Cebuano	Ug niining panahona usab karon, adunay salin nga gipili pinaagi sa grasya.
Croatian	Tako dakle i u sadašnje vrijeme postoji Ostatak po milosnom izboru.
Danish	Således er der også i den nærværende Tid blevet en Levning som et Nådes-Udvalg.
Dutch	Alzo is er dan ook in dezen tegenwoordigen tijd een overblijfsel geworden, naar de verkiezing der genade.
Finnish	Samoin on nyt tänäkin aikana olemassa jäännös armon valinnan mukaan.
French	De même aussi dans le temps présent il y un reste, selon l`élection de la grâce.
German	Also gehet es auch jetzt zu dieser Zeit mit diesen, die übriggeblieben sind nach der Wahl der Gnade.
Haitian Creole	Konsa tou, koulye a, gen yon ti rès Bondye te chwazi nan pèp la, se yon favè li te fè yo.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Begitu juga sekarang ini: Ada sejumlah kecil orang-orang yang telah dipilih oleh Allah karena rahmat-Nya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Demikianlah pada masa ini pun ada lagi sisa menurut pilihan anugerah.
Italian	Così anche al presente c'è un resto, conforme a un'elezione per grazia.
Korean	그 런 즉 이 와 같 이 이 � � 도 은 혜 로 택 하 심 을 �"� 라 남 은 자 가 있 느 니 라
Maori	Waihoki i te wa nei ano, tera ano he toenga, he whiriwhiringa na te aroha noa.
Norwegian	Således er det da også i denne tid blitt en levning tilbake efter nådens utvelgelse;
Portuguese	Assim, pois, também no tempo presente ficou um remanescente segundo a eleição da graça.
Rumanian	Tot awa, wi kn vremea de fayq, este o rqmqwiyq datoritq unei alegeri, prin har.
Russian	фБЛ Й Ч ОЩОЕЫОЕЕ ЧТЕНС, � П ЙЪ�'ТБОЙА �'МБЗП�"БФЙ, УПИТБОЙМУС ПУФБФПЛ.
Shuar	Núnisan yamaisha Yus ti waitnentainia asa Ashí Israer-shuarnumia ni shuarin achikiuiti.
Swahili	Basi, ndivyo ilivyo pia wakati huu wa sasa: ipo idadi ya waliobaki ambao Mungu aliwateua kwa sababu ya neema yake.
Swedish	Likaså finnes ock, i den tid som nu är, en kvarleva, i kraft av en utkorelse som har skett av nåd.
Uma	Hewa to jadi' hi tempo nabi Elia owi, wae wo'o to jadi' tempo toi: kaworia' to Yahudi uma mepangala' hi Yesus, tapi' ria moto-ra hantongo' to mepangala', apa' hira' toe to napelihi ami' -mi Alata'ala jadi' bagia-na. Napelihi-ra toe muntu' ngkai kabula rala-na moto-hawo,
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: Nu

Derivations
	Words beginning with "nu": nuance, nuanced, nuances, nub, nubbier, nubbiest, nubbin, nubbins, nubble, nubbles, nubblier, nubbliest, nubbly, nubby, nubia, nubias, nubile, nubilities, nubility, nubilose, nubilous, nubs, nucellar, nucelli, nucellus, nucha, nuchae, nuchal, nuchals, nucleal, nuclear, nuclease, nucleases, nucleate, nucleated, nucleates, nucleating, nucleation, nucleations, nucleator, nucleators, nuclei, nuclein, nucleins, nucleocapsid, nucleocapsids, nucleoid, nucleoids, nucleolar, nucleole, nucleoles. (additional references)
	Words ending with "nu": cornu, genu, gnu, inconnu, menu, parvenu, submenu. (additional references)
	Words containing "nu": acinus, agranulocyte, agranulocytes, agranulocytoses, agranulocytosis, albuminuria, albuminurias, albuminuric, alburnum, alburnums, alphanumeric, alphanumerical, alphanumerically, alphanumerics, aluminum, aluminums, alumnus, amanuenses, amanuensis, annual, annualize, annualized, annualizes, annualizing, annually, annuals, annuitant, annuitants, annuities, annuity, annul, annular, annulate, annulation, annulations, annulet, annulets, annuli, annulled, annulling, annulment, annulments, annulose, annuls, annulus, annuluses, annunciate, annunciated, annunciates, annunciating, annunciation. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Nu"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "nu" (pronounced nuw")
2	n uw"	anew, canoe, Gnu, knew, new, renew.
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Anagrams: Nu

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: un.
	Words containing the letters "n-u"
	+1 letter: bun, dun, fun, gnu, gun, hun, jun, mun, nub, nun, nus, nut, pun, run, sun, tun, uns, urn.
	+2 letters: anus, aunt, bund, bung, bunk, bunn, buns, bunt, burn, cunt, curn, dune, dung, dunk, duns, dunt, durn, faun, fund, funk, funs, gaun, genu, gnus, guan, gunk, guns, hung, hunh, hunk, huns, hunt, junk, knur, kuna, kune, luna, lune, lung, lunk, lunt, luny, maun, menu, muni, muns, muon, neuk, neum, noun, nous, nubs, nude, nuke, null, numb, nuns, nurd, nurl, nuts, onus, puna, pung, punk, puns, punt, puny, quin, ruin, rune, rung, runs, runt, shun, snub, snug, spun, stun, sung, sunk, sunn, suns, tuna, tune, tung, tuns, turn, ulan, ulna, unai, unau, unbe, unci, unco, unde, undo, undy, unit, unto, upon, urns, yuan.
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