''Ru, ru, or RU may refer to:
Russia
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Russia (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code)
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Russian language
Russian (russian: русский язык, russkij jazyk, link=no, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language mainly spoken in Russia. It is the First language, native language of the Russians, and belongs to the Indo-European langua ...
(ISO 639 alpha-2 code)
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.ru
.ru is the Latin alphabet Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for Russia introduced on 7 April 1994. The Russian alphabet internationalized country code is .рф.
Control of .ru is assigned to the Coordination Center for TLD ...
, the Internet country code top-level domain for Russia
China
* Rù (入), the
entering tone
A checked tone, commonly known by the Chinese calque entering tone, is one of the four syllable types in the phonology of Middle Chinese. Although usually translated as "tone", a checked tone is not a tone in the phonetic sense but rather a syl ...
in Chinese language phonetics
* Rú (儒), a Chinese language term for
Confucianism
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Ru (surname)
Ru is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized Ju in Wade–Giles, and Yuh in Yale (Cantonese). Ru is listed 331st in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. It is ...
(茹), a Chinese surname
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Ru River
Hong River is a major tributary river of Huai River system. Its source is on the western slope of Dengtaijia Peak near the border between the city of Wugang, Henan, Wugang and Biyang County of Henan province. If flows for about before meeting th ...
(汝), in Henan, China
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Ru ware, a type of Chinese pottery
Educational institutions
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Radboud University Nijmegen, in Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Radford University
Radford University is a public university in Radford, Virginia. It is one of the state's eight doctorate-granting public universities. Founded in 1910, Radford offers curricula for undergraduates in more than 100 fields, graduate programs inclu ...
, in Virginia, USA
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Rai University
Rai University (RU) is a Private university (India), private university located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The university was established in 2012 by the Rai Foundation through the ''Gujarat Private Universities Act (Amendment), 2012'', the s ...
in Gujarat, India
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Rajshahi University
The University of Rajshahi, also known as Rajshahi University or RU ( bn, রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), is a public co-educational research university in Bangladesh situated near the northern Bangladeshi cit ...
in Bangladesh
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Rama University
Rama University is located in Hapur and Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the ...
in India
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Ramkhamhaeng University
Ramkhamhaeng University (RU) ( th, มหาวิทยาลัยรามคำแหง) is Thailand's largest public university. It was named in honour of King Ramkhamhaeng the Great of Sukhothai. The university provides an effective and e ...
in Thailand
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Regis University
Regis University is a private Jesuit university in Denver, Colorado.
Founded in 1877 by the Society of Jesus, the university offers more than 120 degrees through 5 colleges in a variety of subjects, including education, liberal arts, business, nu ...
in Colorado, USA
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Reykjavík University Iceland
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Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa
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Rockefeller University
The Rockefeller University is a private biomedical research and graduate-only university in New York City, New York. It focuses primarily on the biological and medical sciences and provides doctoral and postdoctoral education. It is classif ...
in New York, USA
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Rockhurst University in Missouri, USA
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Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Rowan University in New Jersey, USA
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Ruse University
"Angel Kanchev" University of Ruse ( bg, Русенски университет „Ангел Кънчев“) is a public university in the city of Ruse, Bulgaria. The university was formed on 21 July 1995 by the dissolution of Higher Institute ...
in Bulgaria
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Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA
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Ryerson University, the former name of Toronto Metropolitan University in Ontario, Canada
Science and technology
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Resource Unit, a unit used in 802.11 wireless
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Rack unit
A rack unit (abbreviated U or RU) is a unit of measure defined as . It is most frequently used as a measurement of the overall height of 19-inch and 23-inch rack frames, as well as the height of equipment that mounts in these frames, whereby th ...
, a measurement of the height electronic equipment installed in 19-inch racks
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Ruthenium, symbol Ru, a chemical element
* The "backwards-R U"
Recognized Component Mark
The UL enterprise is a global safety science company headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois, composed of three organizations, UL Research Institutes, UL Standards & Engagement and UL Solutions.
Established in 1894, the UL enterprise was founded as ...
of Underwriters Laboratories
Other uses
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Reino Unido'', the
Spanish name of the United Kingdom
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Royaume-Uni'', the
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
name of the United Kingdom
* ''
Regno Unito
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
'', the
Italian name of the United Kingdom
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Ru (kana)
る, in hiragana, or ル in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora. The hiragana is written in one stroke; the katakana in two. Both represent the sound . The Ainu language uses a small katakana ㇽ to represen ...
, the romanisation of the Japanese kana る and ル
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Ru (cuneiform)
The cuneiform ru sign is found in both the 14th century BC Amarna letters and the '' Epic of Gilgamesh''. As ''ru'' it is used for syllabic ''ru'', and alphabetic 'r', or 'u'. In the I-XII Tablets of the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'', it has specifi ...
, a sign in cuneiform writing
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''Ru'' (novel), a novel by Canadian novelist Kim Thúy
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Rückkehr unerwünscht'' "return unwanted", a Nazi designation for concentration camp prisoners who were forbidden to be released
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RuPaul
RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960; stylized as RuPaul) is an American drag queen, television personality, actor, musician, and model. Best known for producing, hosting, and judging the reality competition series ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' ...
, an American drag queen, actor, and television personality
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Rugby union
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AirBridge Cargo (IATA airline code)
See also
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Rew (disambiguation)
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Rewe (disambiguation)
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Roo (disambiguation)
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Rou (disambiguation)
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Rue (disambiguation)
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Ruu
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