Abu
name, noun, particle, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Initialism of anyone but United: a fan who dislikes Manchester United and will support any team that is playing against them. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
- 1 A common part of Arabic-derived names, meaning "father of" in Arabic.
"There were harsher comments from Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas: "The negotiations are in a state of paralysis, and the result of Israel's intransigence and America's backpedalling is that there is no hope of negotiations on the horizon.""
- 1 A language of Papua New Guinea.
- 2 Ab, the fifth month of the Babylonian calendar.
- 3 A minor god of vegetation in Sumerian mythology.
- 4 The ancient Egyptian name for the city of Elephantine, near modern day Aswan.
- 5 A volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan.
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- 6 Mount Abu, the highest mountain in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
- 7 Abu, Yamaguchi, a town in Japan.
Example
More examples"Abu al-Husayn ibn al-Rawandi, already in the ninth century, held that reason is man's exclusive guide to truth, a quest in which revelation is of no help."
Etymology
From Arabic أَبُو (ʔabū).
From Akkadian 𒉈 (Abu). Compare Av.
From Japanese 阿武 (Abu).
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