"Nu" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian nnw (“Nu, the primeval waters”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|egy|nnw||Nu, the primeval waters}} Egyptian nnw (“Nu, the primeval waters”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Nu
  1. (Egyptian mythology) The god who serves as the personification of the primeval waters that existed before the world. Tags: Egyptian Categories (topical): Egyptian deities
    Sense id: en-Nu-en-name-YNqtHHXx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 37 39 14 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Nu
  1. one of the 56 ethnic groups recognized by the People's Republic of China.
    Sense id: en-Nu-en-name-sSUmyBma Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 37 39 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name [English]

Etymology: Abbreviations. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Nu
  1. Abbreviation of Numbers. (a book in the Old Testament of the Bible) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Numbers (extra: a book in the Old Testament of the Bible)
    Sense id: en-Nu-en-name-gAhGqtMR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 37 39 14
  2. Alternative spelling of NU, Nunavut Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: NU, Nunavut
    Sense id: en-Nu-en-name-BRZGW2x9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 37 39 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun [German]

Audio: De-Nu.ogg
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: Substantivisation of nu (“now”), alternative form of nun (“now”). Etymology templates: {{m|de|nu||now}} nu (“now”), {{m|de|nun||now}} nun (“now”) Head templates: {{head|de|noun|indeclinable|g=n|g2=m}} Nu n or m (indeclinable)
  1. Only used in im Nu (“immediately, in no time”) Tags: indeclinable, masculine, neuter
    Sense id: en-Nu-de-noun-Roj10Uni Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

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