''Ru, ru, or RU may refer to:

Russia

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

(ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code) *

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) *

.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 Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China. Variously described as tradition, a philosophy, a religion, a humanistic or rationalistic religion, a way of governing, or ...

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 *

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 * Ru ware, a type of Chinese pottery

Educational institutions

* Radboud University Nijmegen, in Nijmegen, Netherlands *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 * Reykjavík University Iceland * Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa *

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 *

Rockhurst University Rockhurst University is a private Jesuit university in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1910 as Rockhurst College, Rockhurst University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. It enrolled 2,980 students in 2019. History In 1909, Fr. ...

in Missouri, USA * Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois, USA *

Rowan University Rowan University is a public research university in Glassboro, New Jersey, with a medical campus in Stratford and medical and academic campuses in Camden. It was founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School on a site donated by 107 residents. ...

in New Jersey, USA *

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 *

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's ...

in New Jersey, USA *

Ryerson University Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU or Toronto Met) is a public university, public research university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The university's core campus is situated within the Garden District, Toronto, Garden District, although i ...

, the former name of Toronto Metropolitan University in Ontario, Canada

Science and technology

* Resource Unit, a unit used in 802.11 wireless *

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 * 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 a ...

of Underwriters Laboratories

Other uses

* '' Reino Unido'', the Spanish name of the United Kingdom * ''

Royaume-Uni 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

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 *

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 *

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 specific ...

, a sign in cuneiform writing * ''Ru'' (novel), a novel by Canadian novelist Kim Thúy *'' Rückkehr unerwünscht'' "return unwanted", a Nazi designation for concentration camp prisoners who were forbidden to be released *

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 *

Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

* AirBridge Cargo (IATA airline code)

Russia

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