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Nu

The English word “Nu” has 2 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. The god who serves as the personification of the primeval waters that existed before the world.
  2. one of the 56 ethnic groups recognized by the People's Republic of China.

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian nnw (“Nu, the primeval waters”).

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