Su

//suː// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the female given name Susan and of its variant forms.

    ""I am sure nobody would mind," said Susan; "it isn't as if we wanted to take them out of the house; we shan't take them even out of the wardrobe." "I never thought of that, Su," said Peter."

  2. 2
    A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
  3. 3
    Initialism of Soviet Union: a former country in Europe and Asia. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Any of several universities:; Initialism of Sabancı University. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    Any of several universities:; Initialism of Salisbury University. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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  1. 6
    Any of several universities:; Initialism of Seattle University. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 7
    Any of several universities:; Abbreviation of Seton Hall University. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 8
    Any of several universities:; Initialism of Shippensburg University. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 9
    Any of several universities:; Initialism of Silliman University. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 10
    Any of several universities:; Initialism of Silpakorn University. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  6. 11
    Any of several universities:; Initialism of Sofia University. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  7. 12
    Any of several universities:; Initialism of South University. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  8. 13
    Any of several universities:; Initialism of Stanford University. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  9. 14
    Any of several universities:; Initialism of Stellenbosch University. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  10. 15
    Any of several universities:; Initialism of Stockholm University. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  11. 16
    Any of several universities:; Initialism of Syracuse University. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  12. 17
    Abbreviation of North Sumatra: a province of Indonesia. abbreviation, alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of xu (“former Vietnamese currency”). alt-of, alternative

    "100 su = 1 Vietnam dong"

  2. 2
    Abbreviation of Sunday. abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
  3. 3
    Initialism of students' union. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Abbreviation of special unitary group. abbreviation, alt-of
  5. 5
    Initialism of state university. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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  1. 6
    Initialism of statistical unit. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Etymology

Etymology 1

See xu.

Etymology 2

Clipping. Compare Sue.

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 蘇/苏 (sū).

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