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CU

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Translingual

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Symbol

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CU

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Cuba.
    Synonym: CUB (alpha-3)

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Abbreviation.

Noun

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CU (plural CUs)

  1. Initialism of control unit.
  2. Initialism of corporate university.
  3. (finance) Initialism of credit union.
  4. (film) Initialism of close-up.
  5. (film) Initialism of cinematic universe

Proper noun

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CU

  1. Initialism of Christian Union (bodies of Christian students in schools, colleges, and universities).
  2. Initialism of Chittagong University (Bangladesh).
  3. Initialism of Chulalongkorn University (Thailand).
  4. Initialism of University of Colorado (United States of America).
    Coordinate terms: CSU, Colorado State (not to be confused)

Adjective

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CU (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of cubic, in a variety of English customary units (examples: cubic inch, cubic foot).
    Alternative forms: cu, cu.

Phrase

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CU

  1. (philately) Initialism of commercially used (used in stamp descriptions).
  2. (Internet slang, text messaging) Phonetic abbreviation of see you.

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From ChristenUnie.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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CU f

  1. (rare) ChristianUnion, a conservative Christian social political party in the Netherlands

Usage notes

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This abbreviation mainly occurs as a label in graphs and is seldom used in running text.