"Mu" meaning in English

See Mu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Coined by Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg in 1864 (through mistranslating a word in the Mayan Madrid Codex using the De Landa alphabet), as the name of a land that had been submerged by a catastrophe; later identified as Atlantis by Augustus Le Plongeon. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Mu
  1. A hypothetical or legendary continent that allegedly existed in the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean. Derived forms: Muvian
    Sense id: en-Mu-en-name-iIVVl73h Categories (other): Fictional locations Disambiguation of Fictional locations: 81 19 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Etymology tree Burmese မူး (mu:)bor. English Mu Borrowed from Burmese မူး (mu:). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|my:မူး|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Burmese မူး (mu:)bor. English Mu [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Burmese", "term" : "မူး", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "my" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Mu", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="Mu"> Borrowed from Burmese မူး (mu:). Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Mu
  1. Mu (a river in Burma). Categories (place): Places in Myanmar, Rivers in Myanmar
    Sense id: en-Mu-en-name-xTyuLsGH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Forms: Mus [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Greek μ (m)bor. English Mu Borrowed from Greek μ (m). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|el:μ|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Greek μ (m)bor. English Mu [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Greek", "term" : "μ", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "el" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Mu", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="Mu"> Borrowed from Greek μ (m). Head templates: {{en-noun}} Mu (plural Mus)
  1. μ (a mu particle)
    Sense id: en-Mu-en-noun-cOsfQyXa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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