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Nu

Nu has the followings meanings:

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1 Egyptian mythology
2 Greek letter
3 Ethnic group
4 Abbreviations

     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

     Greek letter  

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

     Ethnic group  

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

     Abbreviations  

Pun

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.