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Nu.

The god who serves as the personification of the primeval waters that existed before the world.

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  1. The god who serves as the personification of the primeval waters that existed before the world.

    Egyptian
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Borrowed from Egyptian nnw (“Nu, the primeval waters”).

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  1. one of the 56 ethnic groups recognized by the People's Republic of China.

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  1. Abbreviation of Numbers (a book in the Old Testament of the Bible).

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  2. Alternative spelling of NU, Nunavut

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