Zu or ZU may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Fictional elements

* Zu, a mountain featured in the films '' Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain'' and '' The Legend of Zu'' * ''ZU'', a " furry" anthology published by MU Press * Zu, a large birdlike monster from the '' Final Fantasy'' series

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* Zu (band), an Italian hardcore/jazz band * ''zu'' and ''

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'', types of ancient Chinese ritual bronzes

Language

* There are two different kana (Japanese script) letters that are romanized as ''zu'': ** ず: Su (す) with dakuten (voicing marks) ** づ: Tsu (つ) with dakuten; in modern standard Japanese primarily used for indicating a voiced consonant in the middle of a compound word, and can never begin a word * Zu (cuneiform), a sign in cuneiform writing * Zulu language, ISO 639-2 code:zu

Names

* Zu (surname) (祖), a Chinese surname * Zu, a

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, in German * Ziv Kalontarov (born 1997), Israeli swimmer

Places

* Zu, Afghanistan, a village in Badakhshan Province * Zu, North Khorasan, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran * Zu, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran

Science and technology

* Scott–Potter set theory, called ZU because it is equivalent to Zermelo set theory with urelements * Zu (fish), a genus of ribbonfish

Other uses

* Ziauddin University * Zeppelin University * Zu (mythology), a lesser god in Akkadian mythology *

Helios Airways Helios Airways (Ajet.com) was a low-cost Cypriot airline operating scheduled and charter flights between Cyprus and many European and African destinations. It had its corporate headquarters on the grounds of Larnaca International Airport in Lar ...

(IATA code ZU)