GU
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Asia

  • g.u.
    G.u.
    is a Japanese discount casual wear designer, manufacturer and retailer, with 65 stores across the country. It is owned by the company Fast Retailing, which is better known as the owner of the retail chain Uniqlo. The name is a pun of the word , meaning free from high cost clothing. Its signature...

    , a Japanese fashion retail chain
  • Gu (clan), Gu (family)
    Gu (family)
    Gu can refer to several different Chinese family names.The most common, Gù , is ranked #88 on the list of top Chinese family names, according to the 2006 Chinese census .-History:According to Chinese records, this family traces its ancestral roots to the ancient Kingdom of Gu,...

    , several rare surnames of the Han Chinese people
  • Gu (vessel)
    Gu (vessel)
    A gu is type of ancient Chinese bronze ritual goblet from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. It was used to drink wine or to offer ritual libations....

    , a Chinese wine goblet from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, also ku
  • Gu (drum)
    Bangu (drum)
    The bangu , often simply gu, is a Chinese frame drum that, when struck by one or two small bamboo sticks, creates a sharp dry sound essential to the aesthetics of Chinese opera. Striking the drum in different places produces different sounds. It is also used in many Chinese chamber music ensembles...

    , short name for the Chinese bangu or "flowerpot" drum
  • Gu (poison)
    Gu (poison)
    Gu or jincan was a venom-based poison associated with cultures of south China, particularly Nanyue. The traditional preparation of gu poison involved sealing several venomous creatures into a closed utensil, where they devoured one another and allegedly concentrated their toxins into a single...

    , in Chinese poison sorcery
  • Gu (surname), a family name of the Chinese and Korean people
  • Gu County
    Gu County
    Gu County is a county of Shanxi, China. It is under the administration of Linfen city.-References:*...

    , Shanxi, China
  • Gu of Seoul
    Gu of Seoul
    The Gu of Seoul are the twenty-five gu comprising Seoul, South Korea. The gu vary greatly in area and population . Songpa is the most populous, while Seocho has the largest area...

    , an administrative division of South Korea

Medicine

  • gastric ulcer, a disease of the stomach
  • genitourinary system
    Genitourinary system
    In anatomy, the genitourinary system or urogenital system is the organ system of the reproductive organs and the urinary system. These are grouped together because of their proximity to each other, their common embryological origin and the use of common pathways, like the male urethra...

    , the reproductive system and the urinary system considered as a whole

Universities

  • Gannon University
    Gannon University
    Gannon University is a private, co-educational Catholic university offering associate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees, certificates and doctoral degrees and is located in Erie, Pennsylvania. Gannon University has an alumni base numbering around 31,500. Current enrollment is 4,238.Gannon's...

    , Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Gauhati University
    Gauhati University
    Gauhati University, the first university of North East India, is in the Jalukbari area in the western part Guwahati city, Assam, India. It was established in 1948. It is a four-star rated university by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council. It has 183 affiliated colleges.- Campus :The...

    , Guwahati, Assam, India
  • Gemeente Universiteit, or Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Georgetown University
    Georgetown University
    Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...

    , Washington D.C., United States
  • Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland
  • Gonzaga University
    Gonzaga University
    Gonzaga University is a private Roman Catholic university located in Spokane, Washington, United States. Founded in 1887 by the Society of Jesus, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and is named after the young Jesuit saint, Aloysius Gonzaga...

    , Spokane, Washington, United States
  • University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden (Göteborgs universitet in Swedish)
  • Grantham University
    Grantham University
    Grantham University is a for-profit university based in Kansas City, Missouri, that offers degree programs online via distance education. It was founded in 1951...

    , Kansas City, Missouri, United States
  • Griffith University
    Griffith University
    Griffith University is a public, coeducational, research university located in the southeastern region of the Australian state of Queensland. The university has five satellite campuses located in the Gold Coast, Logan City and in the Brisbane suburbs of Mount Gravatt, Nathan and South Bank. Current...

    , several campuses in Brisbane and the Gold Coast area, Australia

Other

  • Gü, a brand of desserts
  • GU (food)
    GU (food)
    GU is an energy gel designed to be quickly and easily digestible so it can be eaten during endurance events, especially long distance running. It is a soft solid, like its namesake goo, and is squeezed directly into the mouth from 1.1 oz 100 calorie packets...

    , a sports nutrition product
  • Gu (god), a god in Haitian Vodou and Yoruba (Africa) mythology
  • Gu (violin), an early type of violin used in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, also spelled gue or gju
  • gu, the ISO 639-1 language code for the Gujarati language
    Gujarati language
    Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language, and part of the greater Indo-European language family. It is derived from a language called Old Gujarati which is the ancestor language of the modern Gujarati and Rajasthani languages...

  • GU, the postal code for Guam
    Guam
    Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...

  • GU Comics
    GU Comics
    GU Comics is a single panel webcomic written, drawn, and colored by William "Woody" Hearn. Established July 10, 2000 and launched August 15, 2000, GU is published, free, five times a week on its own web site...

    , an online comic
  • GU4 or GUD (𒄞), "bull
    Bull
    Bull usually refers to an uncastrated adult male bovine.Bull may also refer to:-Entertainment:* Bull , an original show on the TNT Network* "Bull" , an episode of television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation...

    " in the Sumerian language
    • Gu-anna, the "Heavenly Bull", the Sumerian name for Taurus
      Taurus (constellation)
      Taurus is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is a Latin word meaning 'bull', and its astrological symbol is a stylized bull's head:...

  • Gene Upshaw
    Gene Upshaw
    Eugene Thurman Upshaw, Jr. was an American football player for the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League and later the NFL, later the executive director of the National Football League Players' Association...

    , an American football player
  • Generations United, an organization promoting intergenerational cooperation and understanding
  • Global Underground
    Global Underground
    Global Underground is a music label founded in 1996 by Andy Horsfield and James Todd. The label symbolizes the international explosion of dance music during the 1990s and first manifesto for high-end DJs such as Sasha, Paul Oakenfold, John Digweed, Danny Tenaglia, Nick Warren, Dave Seaman, Darren...

    , an electronic dance music compilation series
  • Godzilla: Unleashed
    Godzilla: Unleashed
    Godzilla: Unleashed, abbreviated as G3 or GU, is a 3D fighting video game based on the Godzilla film franchise for the Wii and PlayStation 2, developed by Pipeworks and published by Atari. The PS2 version was released on November 20 and the Wii version on December 5, 2007 in North America and both...

    , a video game
  • .hack//G.U., a video game series
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