Xu or XU may refer to:
People and characters
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Xu (surname) Xu can refer to the following Chinese surnames that are homographs when Romanized using their Mandarin pronunciations:
* Xu (surname 徐)
* Xu (surname 許)
* Xu (surname 須)
The tones of these surnames are different in Mandarin, but if the ...
, one of two Chinese surnames ( or /), transliterated as Xu in English
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ǃXu, a name for the ǃKung group of Bushmen; may also refer to the ǃKung language or the ǃKung people
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ǃXu (god) ǃXu, also ǃXu꞉ba and sometimes ǃXo or ǃXo꞉ba, is a San rendering of the Khoikhoi word ''ǃKhu'' 'rich' and its derivation ''ǃKhub'' 'rich man, master', which was used by some Christian missionaries to the Khoikhoi to translate the word "Lo ...
, the creator god of the ǃKung
* Xu, a
minor character in the game ''Final Fantasy VIII''
Places
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Xu (state)
The State of Xu () (also called Xu Rong () or Xu Yi () by its enemies) was an independent Huaiyi state of the Chinese Bronze Age that was ruled by the Ying family () and controlled much of the Huai River valley for at least two centuries. It ...
(), a state of ancient China
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Xǔ (state)
Xu () was an ancient Chinese state of the Zhou dynasty. In the early Western Zhou Dynasty, King Cheng of Zhou enfeoffed Xu Wenshu at Xu (modern Xuchang, Henan). The ruling family had the clan name of Jiang (姜), and the noble rank of baron (男) ...
(), was a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty
Universities
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X University (Toronto Metropolitan University aka Ryerson Polytechnic Institute), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Xavier University (disambiguation) The name ''Xavier University'' may refer to the following educational institutions:
*Xavier University, in Cincinnati, Ohio
*Xavier University of Louisiana, in New Orleans
* Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan, in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
* X ...
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Xavier University
Xavier University ( ) is a private Jesuit university in Cincinnati and Evanston (Cincinnati), Ohio. It is the sixth-oldest Catholic and fourth-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. Xavier has an undergraduate enrollment of 4,860 stud ...
in Cincinnati, United States
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Xavier University of Louisiana
Xavier University of Louisiana (also known as XULA) is a private, historically black, Catholic university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the only Catholic HBCU and, upon the canonization of Katharine Drexel in 2000, became the first Cathol ...
, United States
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Xiamen University
Xiamen University (; Southern Min: ''Ē-mn̂g-toā-o̍h''), colloquially known as Xia Da (; Southern Min: ''Hā-tāi''), is a national public research university in Xiamen, Fujian, China.
Founded in 1921 by Tan Kah Kee, a Chinese patriotic e ...
, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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Xinjiang University
Xinjiang University (XJU) ( ug, شىنجاڭ ئۇنىۋېرستېتى, ; zh , s = 新疆大学 , p = Xīnjiāng Dàxué ) is one of the major universities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China and is a national k ...
, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China
Other uses
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African Express Airways (IATA code XU), a Kenyan airline
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X unit
: ''For the software testing tools, see xUnit.''
The x unit (symbol xu) is a unit of length approximately equal to 0.1 pm (10−13 m). It is used to quote the wavelength of X-rays and gamma rays.
Originally defined by the Swedish ...
(symbol xu), a unit of length approximately equal to 0.1 pm (10
−13 m), used for X-ray and gamma ray wavelengths
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Xu (currency)
Xu or XU may refer to:
People and characters
* Xu (surname), one of two Chinese surnames ( or /), transliterated as Xu in English
* ǃXu, a name for the ǃKung group of Bushmen; may also refer to the ǃKung language or the ǃKung people
* ǃXu ...
, a former 1/100 subdivision of the Vietnamese Dong
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XU (intelligence organisation)
Xu or XU may refer to:
People and characters
* Xu (surname), one of two Chinese surnames ( or /), transliterated as Xu in English
* ǃXu, a name for the ǃKung group of Bushmen; may also refer to the ǃKung language or the ǃKung people
* ǃXu ...
, a clandestine intelligence organisation in occupied Norway during World War II
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PSA XU engine
The PSA XU is a family of internal combustion engines used in Citroën and Peugeot automobiles. It became the dominant mid-size engine in Peugeot and Citroën products through the 1980s and 1990s.
The XU design was introduced in 1981 with the Pe ...
, a series of petrol engines from PSA
See also
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HSU (disambiguation)
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