Aku

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Aku can refer to:

• The word for "me" or "I" in the Malay language
• The name of a god of the moon, meaning "moon", in Babylonian mythology
• An ethnic group in Gambia consisting of descendants of former slaves
• The romaji spelling of the Japanese word for "evil", written "あく" in hiragana or, more commonly, "悪" in kanji
• The antagonist of Samurai Jack
• The Hawaiian word for skipjack tuna
• An archaic work for the Yoruba people
• A brand of Italian-made trekking shoes

As an abbreviation, AKU can stand for:

• Adaptation kit upgrade, in computer terminology
• Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
• Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
• Aga Khan University, an international Pakistani university
• Alkaptonuria, or black urine disease
• Adaptation kit upgrade, a mechanism for updating Windows Mobile
• Algemene Kunstzijde Unie, a former Dutch company now called Akzo Nobel

[edit] See also

• Aku Aku, a video-game character
• Aku-Aku, a book by Thor Heyerdahl