Tu or TU may refer to:

Language

Tu language The Monguor language (; also written Mongour and Mongor) is a Mongolic language of its Shirongol languages, Shirongolic branch and is part of the Gansu–Qinghai sprachbund (also called the Amdo sprachbund). There are several dialects, mostly spok ...

* Tu (cuneiform), a cuneiform sign * ''tu'' or ''tú'' the 2nd-person singular subject pronoun in many languages; see

personal pronoun Personal pronouns are pronouns that are associated primarily with a particular grammatical person – first person (as ''I''), second person (as ''you''), or third person (as ''he'', ''she'', ''it''). Personal pronouns may also take different f ...

T–V distinction The T–V distinction is the contextual use of different pronouns that exists in some languages and serves to convey formality or familiarity. Its name comes from the Latin pronouns '' tu'' and '' vos''. The distinction takes a number of forms ...

(from the Latin pronouns ''tu'' and ''vos''), the use in some languages, of a different personal pronoun for formality or social distance * Tsu (kana), also romanized as ''tu''

People and names

* Tū (Tūmatauenga), a supernatural being in Māori mythology * Tu people, the Monguor people of the People's Republic of China **

* Tu Holloway (born 1989), basketball player for Maccabi Rishon LeZion in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Tu (surname) 屠, a rare Chinese family name * Du (surname) 杜 or Tu, a common Chinese family name

Music

* Tú (Canadian band), a Canadian pop music duo in the late-1980s * Tu (American band), an American duo, formed by member of King Crimson

Albums

* ''Tū'' (album), a 2018 studio album by Alien Weaponry *''Tu'', a 1978 album by Umberto Tozzi *''Tu'', a 2003 album by Tu (American band)

Songs

* "Tu" (Umberto Tozzi song), 1978 * "Tu", a song by Umberto Bindi, 1959 * "Tu", a song by Ewa Farna, 2015

Other

* Tu (film) ''Here'' (2003 film) or ''Tu'', a Croatian film * Tu, a brand of clothing from

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* Tu (cake), a type of Tibetan cake

Acronyms

Companies and organizations

* TU (union), the international union for T-Mobile workers * TU Media, a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting mobile companies in Korea * Toimihenkilöunioni (Union of Salaried Employees), a Finnish trade union * Tunisair (IATA airline code TU) * Transunion, a consumer credit reporting agency *

Tupolev Tupolev ( rus, Туполев, , ˈtupəlʲɪf), officially United Aircraft Company Tupolev - Public Joint Stock Company, is a Russian aerospace and Arms industry, defence company headquartered in Basmanny District, Moscow. UAC Tupolev is succes ...

, a Russian aerospace and defence company * '' Teknisk Ukeblad'', a Norwegian engineering magazine * The '' Times Union'', an Albany newspaper * New York City Teachers Union (1916–1964), commonly known as the "TU" * Trout Unlimited, conservation group

Units of measurement

* TU (time unit), a unit of time equal to 1024 microseconds * Transmission unit, a historical unit of loss in long distance telephony * Tritium unit, a measure of tritium concentration in water (1 tritium atom per 1 × 10¹⁸ hydrogen atoms, or ~ 0.118 Bq/L) * Tuberculin unit, a measure of strength of tuberculin

Universities

In the United States

* Taylor University, Indiana *

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist ministe ...

, Pennsylvania * Thomas University, Georgia * Touro University California, California * Touro University Nevada, Nevada * Towson University, Maryland * Trinity University, Texas * Troy University, Alabama *

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, with additional facilities in Boston and Grafton, as well as Talloires, France. Tufts also has several Doctor of Physical Therapy p ...

, Massachusetts *

Tulane University The Tulane University of Louisiana (commonly referred to as Tulane University) is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by a cohort of medical doctors, it b ...

, Louisiana * Tuskegee University, Alabama * University of Tulsa, Oklahoma * t.u., a derisive reference to the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public university, public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 stud ...

by students and supporters of in-state rival

Texas A&M University Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, TA&M, or TAMU) is a public university, public, Land-grant university, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of ...

In other countries

* University of Tartu (''Tartu Ülikool''), Estonia * Any '' Technische Universität'', i.e. university of technology in German-speaking countries * Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands * Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands * Tezpur University, Assam, India * Thapar University, Patiala, India * Thammasat University, Thailand * Tianjin University, Tianjin, China * Tibet University, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China * Tooling University, an American non-profit educational technology company * Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal * Technological Universities of Myanmar * Triam Udom Suksa School

Other uses

* Tren Urbano, the metro system in San Juan, Puerto Rico * Tu Hundred, a district of Vccästmanland in Sweden * Universal Time, "Tempus Universalis" * Thulium, a chemical element with obsolete symbol Tu * Translation unit, a single cognitive unit of text ** Translation unit (programming), the ultimate input to the compiler