GU, Gu, or gu may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Music

* Gu (instrument), Chinese drums **

Bangu (drum) The bangu (), often simply gu (), is a Chinese frame drum that, when struck by one or two small bamboo sticks, creates a sharp dry sound essential to the aesthetics of Chinese opera. Striking the drum in different places produces different sounds. ...

() or Gu (), a Chinese "flowerpot" drum * '' Global Underground'', an electronic dance music compilation series

Other media

GU Comics ''GU Comics'' is a single panel webcomic written, drawn, and colored by William "Woody" Hearn. Established July 10, 2000

, an online comic * '' .hack//G.U.'', a video game series * '' Godzilla: Unleashed'', a video game

Universities

Gandhara University The Gandhara University is a private university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is chartered by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It provides specialized training in the health sciences. The institutes that became Gandhar ...

, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan *

Gannon University Gannon University is a private Catholic university in Erie, Pennsylvania. Gannon University has approximately 4,500 students and 46,000 alumni. Its intercollegiate athletics include 18 athletic programs for men and women competing at the NCAA Di ...

, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States *

Gauhati University Gauhati University, also known as GU, is a collegiate public state university located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was established on 26 January 1948 under the provisions of an Act enacted by the Assam Legislative Assembly. It is the oldest ...

, Guwahati, Assam, India * , or , Amsterdam, Netherlands *

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

, Washington D.C., United States *

Ghazi University Ghazi University ( ur, غازی یونیورسٹی) is a university in Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. The university was established in 2012 at the initiative of the Chief Minister of the Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif. It is named after ...

, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan *

GIFT University GIFT University'' was established in 2002 with the vision to bring about a visible change in society by offering quality education to the youth of the Gujranwala division and also to become a leading educational institute in the region. Looking ...

, Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan *

Gomal University Gomal University (Urdu: جامعہ گومل), is a Public university, public research university located in Dera Ismail Khan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Founded and established in 1974, the university is ...

, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan * Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, United States * University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden ( sv, Göteborgs universitet , links=no) *

Grantham University University of Arkansas Grantham (UA Grantham) is a public online university based in Little Rock, Arkansas. Founded in 1951 as Grantham Radio License School, it would eventually be renamed Grantham University. The then- for-profit school offered ...

, Kansas City, Missouri, United States * Griffith University, several campuses in Brisbane and the Gold Coast area, Australia * Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China * Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China *

University Of Guilan The University of Guilan ( fa, دانشگاه گیلان, ''Danushgah-e Gilân'') is an institute of higher education and graduate studies in Rasht, a large city in the province of Guilan, in Northern Iran, bordering the Caspian Sea. It has nearl ...

, Guilan, Rasht, Iran *

Guizhou University Guizhou University (; Pinyin: Guìzhōu Dàxué), known as Guida (贵大 Guì Dà), is a provincial research university located in suburban Guiyang, capital of Guizhou, China. Founded in 1902, it is the flagship institution of higher learning i ...

, Guiyang, Guizhou, China * Gujrat University, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan * Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Businesses

Gü Gü () is a dessert manufacturing company, whose products are sold in the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Australia, New Zealand, Italy and the United States. The product is made in the UK and was created by James Av ...

, a company that produces a range of desserts *

G.U. GU, Gu, or gu may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Gu (instrument), Chinese drums ** Bangu (drum) () or Gu (), a Chinese "flowerpot" drum * ''Global Underground'', an electronic dance music compilation series Other media * GU Comics, an o ...

, Japanese clothing brand * GU Energy Labs, a Berkeley, California-based company that produces sports nutrition products

Medicine

Gastric ulcer Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is a break in the inner lining of the stomach, the first part of the small intestine, or sometimes the lower esophagus. An ulcer in the stomach is called a gastric ulcer, while one in the first part of the intestines i ...

, a disease of the stomach *

Genitourinary system The genitourinary system, or urogenital system, are the organs of the reproductive system and the urinary system. These are grouped together because of their proximity to each other, their common embryological origin and the use of common pathwa ...

, the reproductive system and the urinary system considered as a whole

People

Gu (surname) Gu () is a Chinese family name. Some places such as South Korea, and early immigrants from Wu-speaking region in China usually romanize this family name as "Koo" or "Ku". It is the 93rd name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.K. S. Tom. 989( ...

, a surname of Chinese origin, also found in Korea * Gǔ (surname) 谷, meaning ''valley'') came about when a noble family of the

Zhou Dynasty The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by th ...

was rewarded a fief in a valley area. The descendants of the family adopted the name to link their lineage to that history. * Gŭ (surname 古), meaning ''ancient'') is uncommon, being the 204th most common surname in China. *

Gū (surname) Gu () is a Chinese-language surname, usually spelled as "Ku" or "Koo" in Taiwan. In 2013 it was found to be the 340th most common surname, shared by 138,000 people or 0.010% of the population in China. Notable people * Koo family of Lukang, a pro ...

(辜) the family name ''Gū'' (meaning ''guilt'') is very rare * Gǔ (surname 骨) (meaning ''bone'') is exceedingly rare in China. * Gene Upshaw, an American football player

Places

Green Ukraine Green Ukraine, also known as Zelenyi Klyn ( uk, Зелений клин, Zelenyi Klyn, russian: Зелёный Клин, Zelyonyy Klin, literally: 'the green gore/wedge') or Zakytaishchyna (Ukrainian and Russian: , literally: 'Trans China'), is ...

, after the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Ukrainian Republic of the Far East *

Gu County Gu County or Guxian () is a county in the south of Shanxi Province, China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Linfen. The county spans an area of 1,196 square kilometers, and has a population of 91,798 as of 2010. History ...

(), Shanxi, China *

Gu, Iran (disambiguation) Gu ( fa, گو, also Romanized as Gū; also known as Gao, Gaow, Gaū, Gāv, and Gāveh) is a village in Kambel-e Soleyman Rural District, in the Central District of Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran Iran, officia ...

( fa, گو, links=no), any of several places in Iran * Gu (administrative division) ( ko, 구, links=no), an administrative division of South Korea *

Gu's Park Fuxing Park () is located in the former French Concession of Shanghai, China, in Luwan District near Nanchang Road; the main entrance is at the cross street of Fuxingzhong Road and Chongqingnan Road. It was once the largest park in Shanghai. The ...

, former name of Fuxing Park in Shanghai, China *

GU postcode area The GU postcode area, also known as the Guildford postcode area, is a group of 38 postcode districts in South East England, within 24 post towns. These cover west Surrey (including Guildford, Woking, Godalming, Cranleigh, Farnham, Camberley, Ligh ...

, UK, covering west Surrey, north-east Hampshire, and a part of West Sussex *

Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...

(postal code GU)

Other uses

Gu (god) Ogun or Ogoun (Yoruba language, Yoruba: Ògún, Portuguese language, Portuguese: Ogum, Gu; also spelled Oggun or Ogou; known as Ogún or Ogum in Latin America) is a spirit that appears in several African religions. He attempted to seize the thro ...

, a god in Haitian Vodou and Yoruba (Africa) mythology * Gu (poison) (), in Chinese poison sorcery *

Gu (vessel) A gu is a type of ancient Chinese ritual bronze vessel from the Shang and Zhou dynasties (i.e. 1600–256 BC). It was used to drink wine or to offer ritual libations. A gu is tall and slender, with a slightly flared base that tapers to a slim c ...

, a Chinese wine goblet from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, also ' *

Gujarati language Gujarati (; gu, ગુજરાતી, Gujarātī, translit-std=ISO, label=Gujarati script, ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. Gujarati is descended from Old Gu ...

(ISO 639-1 language code) * GU₄ or GUD (𒄞), " bull" in the Sumerian language ** ''Gu-anna'', the "Heavenly Bull", the Sumerian name for the constellation

Taurus Taurus is Latin for 'bull' and may refer to: * Taurus (astrology), the astrological sign * Taurus (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac * Taurus (mythology), one of two Greek mythological characters named Taurus * ''Bos taurus ...

* GU, a prefix for several types of bi-pin connectors for lamp sockets {{disambiguation, geo