Abu or ABU may refer to:

Places

* Abu (volcano), a volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan * Abu, Yamaguchi, a town in Japan *

Ahmadu Bello University Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is a federal government research university in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. ABU was founded on 4 October 1962, as the pioneer university in Northern Nigeria. It was founded and named after the Sardauna of Sokoto, Al ...

, a university located in Zaria, Nigeria *

Atlantic Baptist University Crandall University is a Baptist Christian liberal arts university located in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It is affiliated with the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada (Canadian Baptist Ministries). History The school was founded in 1949 u ...

, a Christian university located in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada *

Elephantine Elephantine ( ; ; arz, جزيرة الفنتين; el, Ἐλεφαντίνη ''Elephantíne''; , ) is an island on the Nile, forming part of the city of Aswan in Upper Egypt. The archaeological sites on the island were inscribed on the UNESCO ...

, Egypt, known as Abu to the Ancient Egyptians * A. A. Bere Tallo Airport (IATA: ABU), in Atambua, Indonesia *

Mount Abu Mount Abu () is a hill station in the Aravalli Range in Sirohi district of the state of Rajasthan in western India.The mountain forms a rocky plateau 22 km long by 9 km wide. The highest peak on the mountain is Guru Shikhar at above s ...

, the highest mountain in the Indian state of Rajasthan

People

Abu (Arabic term) Ab or Av (related to Akkadian ''abu''), sometimes Abba, means "father" in most Semitic languages. The original word of Aba or Ab is from Ge'ez language. Arabic ''Ab'' (), from a theoretical, abstract form ( ''ʼabawun'') (triliteral ʼ- b- ...

, a component of some Arabic names * Ab (Semitic), a common part of Arabic-derived names, meaning "father of" in Arabic *

Abu al-Faraj (disambiguation) Abu al-Faraj is a title or given name, derived from the name Faraj, of Arabic origins. During the Middle Ages, the name Abu al-Faraj () was a title for many Arab and Jewish poets and scholars. Notable people named Abu al-Faraj include: *Abu al-Fa ...

Abu Baker Asvat Abu Baker Asvat () (23 February 1943 – 27 January 1989), also known as Abu Asvat or Abu nicknamed ''Hurley'' was a South African medical doctor who practised in Soweto in the 1970s and 1980s. A founding member of Azapo, Asvat was the head of i ...

, a murdered South African activist and medical doctor *

Abu Ibrahim (disambiguation) Abu Ibrahim may refer to *Abu Ibrahim (Nigerian politician), member of the Nigerian Senate *Khalil Ibrahim Al-Zayani or Abu Ibrahim (born 1947), Saudi Arabian football coach *Mohammad Zeki Mahjoub or Abu Ibrahim, Egyptian-Canadian who was arrested ...

* Abu Mohammed (disambiguation) *

Abu Salim (disambiguation) Abu Salim or Abou Salim may refer to: People *Abu Salim (actor) (born 1956), Indian actor in Malayalam movies * Abu Salim (comedian) (born 1929), Lebanese actor and comedian * Abu Salim al-Ayyashi (1628–1679), travel writer, poet and scholar fro ...

Abdul-Malik Abu Abdul-Malik Abu (born September 16, 1995), is a Nigerian American professional basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Premier League. High school career Abu first attended Marblehead High School in Marblehead, Massachusetts befo ...

(born 1995), American

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player in the Israeli Premier Basketball League * Raneo Abu, Filipino politician

Other uses

* Abu (god), a minor god of vegetation in Sumerian mythology * ABU Garcia, a Swedish producer of sport fishing equipment *

Abu language (disambiguation) Abu language may refer to: * Abu’ Arapesh language (Papua New Guinea) * Adjora language (Papua New Guinea) * Bu language (Nigeria) See also * Abure language Abure (Aboulé), also known as ''Abonwa'' or ''Akaplass'', is a Tano language ( Kwa, ...

Abure language Abure (Aboulé), also known as ''Abonwa'' or ''Akaplass'', is a Tano language ( Kwa, Niger–Congo) spoken near Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of ...

(ISO 639: ABU), a Tano language of Ivory Coast *

African Boxing Union The African Boxing Union (ABU; French: ) is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles in the African region. It is a boxing federation within the World Boxing Council (WBC), being affiliated with them since 19 ...

, African boxing organization which awards continental titles *

Airman Battle Uniform The Airman Battle Uniform (ABU) is a U.S. camouflage combat uniform formerly worn by members of the United States Air Force, United States Space Force, and some civilian employees of the U.S. Department of the Air Force until April 2021. It repl ...

, a utility uniform of the United States Air Force * Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union *

Asymptomatic bacteriuria Bacteriuria is the presence of bacteria in urine. Bacteriuria accompanied by symptoms is a urinary tract infection while that without is known as asymptomatic bacteriuria. Diagnosis is by urinalysis or urine culture. ''Escherichia coli'' is the ...

, bacteria in the urine without signs of a urinary tract infection * Abu, character in a series of animated anti-fascist propaganda short films produced by

Halas & Batchelor Halas and Batchelor was a British animation company founded by husband and wife John Halas and Joy Batchelor. Halas was a Hungarian émigré to the United Kingdom. The company had studios in London and Cainscross, in the Stroud District of Glouce ...

for the British Ministry of Information from 1943 to 1945 * A character in the Disney ''Aladdin'' franchise * The fifth month of the Babylonian calendar