Hu

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Chinese (). Doublet of Wu. For less common variants, see Hu.

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Hu

  1. A common surname from Chinese of east Asian derivation.
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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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Hu

  1. (historical) Any of several peoples of China, for example the Tatars of northwestern China, whom the Chinese considered barbarians.

Etymology 3

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Proper noun

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Hu

  1. The god of the creation word in Egyptian mythology.

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Etymology 4

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From Arabic هُو (), from the town's ancient name, Egyptian ḥwt-sḫm.

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Hu

  1. A town in Egypt, located on the Nile, which in more ancient times was the capital of the seventh nome of Upper Egypt.
    • 1900, University of Oxford, Oxford University Gazette, page 699:
      [...] portion of a dagger-blade(?) of flint, finely-worked and delicately serrated, prehistoric, Hu, Egypt; pottery table of offerings to the dead, Diospolis Parva. The following of the prehistoric period, Egypt: small curved flint knife, worked along one []
    • 2013 November 11, Linda Manzanilla, Emergence and Change in Early Urban Societies, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 84:
      The Cemeteries of Abadiyeh and Hu, Egypt Exploration Fund

Etymology 5

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Proper noun

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Hu

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) A name for God in the Eckankar new religious movement.
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  • 2001 03, James R. Lewis, The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions, Prometheus Books, →ISBN, page 297:
    The ECK can be experienced through chanting the word "HU," a special name for God in ECKANKAR. Chanting HU with an open heart to God's love is a central spiritual practice of ECKANKAR. It is alleged to help lift one to spiritual self-realization, and ultimately God-realization.
  • 2015 October 15, Harold Klemp, A Cosmic Sea of Words: The ECKANKAR Lexicon, ECKANKAR, →ISBN:
    HU, Law of. The first law of the physical universe. Spirit is the all-penetrating power which is the forming power of the universes of HU, the Voice of HU (God). See also laws of the physical universe. / HU, A Year of. The fifth of the Spiritual Years of ECK. HU is the most ancient name for God, not God Itself.

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Central Mazahua

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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Hu (lower case hu)

  1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

Walloon

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Hu

  1. Huy (a municipality of Belgium)