Tun

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Tun can be:

• An old British measurement of liquid.

1. A large cask for liquids, especially wine.
2. A measure of liquid capacity, particularly one equivalent to around 252 wine gallons (954 litres).
3. A large cask, particularly one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts, or 252 gallons.

• An insulated vessel with a false bottom used in brewing, as in Lauter Tun or mash tun.

• A Malay title, or honorific

• The German verb meaning "to do."

• 1 tun = 360 days or 18 winal cycles, in the Maya Calendar long count date

• A river in Thailand

• TUN, a virtual network device driver

• An Old Norse word describing a homestead, or settlement, still used in Norwegian. Evolved in English to "town", but the word "tun" is Northern English dialect for town, as in Newcastle United's supporter club: the "toon army".

• TUN, abbreviation for Touro University Nevada.