Ku

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Ku, KU, or may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

  • Ku (fictional language), a constructed language created for the 2005 film The Interpreter
  • Esther Ku, a Korean-American comedian
  • Shawn Ku, U.S. choreographer and motion picture director
  • Kumi Koda, Japanese pop star nicknamed Ku or Kuu
  • In an alien language in the movie Kin-dza-dza!, "ku" replaces most conventional words, with its meaning guessed from context
  • In the Discworld, Ku or The Lost Continent of Ku is a satirical parody of Atlantis

Businesses and organizations

Political

  • Kommunistisk Ungdom (Communist Youth), the former name of the Young Left (Sweden)
  • Young Conservatives (Denmark) (Konservativ Ungdom), the Young Conservatives (Denmark)
  • Konstitutionsutskottet, the Committee on the Constitution (Parliament of Sweden)
  • Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacy group in the US

Universities

Africa

  • Kampala University in Kampala, Uganda
  • Kismayo University in Kismayo, Somalia

Japan

  • Kyoto University, a national research university
  • Kyushu University, a national research university
  • Kobe University, a national university
  • Kanagawa University, a national university
  • Kagoshima University, a national university
  • Kagawa University, a national university
  • Kumamoto University, a national university
  • Kochi University, a national university
  • Korea University (Japan), a private university

Asia

Europe

United States

Other businesses and organizations

Language

  • Ku (kana), romanization of the Japanese kana く and ク
  • Kurdish language (ISO 639 (alpha-2) code KU)
  • Ku (fictional language), fictional language in the 2005 film The Interpreter

People

  • Emperor Ku of ancient China, of Three August Ones and Five Emperors
  • Georgia Ku, English singer and songwriter
  • Khonds, an aboriginal tribe of India

Science

  • K-U ratio, the ratio between potassium and uranium
  • Ku band, a band of microwave radio frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum
  • Ku (protein), a protein involved in DNA repair
  • Ku, the proposed chemical symbol for kurchatovium (later named rutherfordium)
  • KU, Krebs units, a measure of viscosity of paint

Other uses

  • Wards of Japan (, ku), a type of city subdivision
  • or Kū-ka-ili-moku, the Hawaiian god of politics, agriculture, war and fishing
  • Ku, the original name of the Privilege Ibiza nightclub
  • Kose-Uuemõisa, Estonia, a village
  • Mount Ku, Kazakhstan
  • Kindle Unlimited, e-book service from Amazon
  • Kū, another form for the Japanese kyū, the number nine, and a term in martial arts

See also

  • Coup (disambiguation), pronounced /ku:/
  • COO (disambiguation)
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