Ku
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Ku, KU, or Kū may refer to:
Science
- Ku band, a band of microwave radio frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum
- Ku (protein), a protein involved in DNA repair
- Ku, the proposed chemical symbol for kurchatovium (later named rutherfordium)
- KU, Krebs units, a measure of viscosity of paint
Universities
United States
- Kean University in Union Township, New Jersey
- Kettering University in Flint, Michigan
- Kutztown University in Kutztown, Pennsylvania
- University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas
Europe
- Klaipėda University in Klaipėda, Lithuania
- University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet) in Copenhagen, Denmark
Africa
- Kampala University in Kampala, Uganda
- Kismayo University in Kismayo, Somalia
Asia
- Kandahar University in Kandahar, Afghanistan
- Karunya University in Tamil Nadu, India
- Kathmandu University in Dhulikhel, Nepal
- Khulna University in Khulna, Bangladesh
- Kuvempu University in Karnataka, India
- Konkuk University in South Korea
- Korea University in South Korea
- Korea University in Japan
- University of Karachi in Pakistan
- Kasetsart University in Thailand
- Kanagawa University in Japan
- Kuwait University in Kuwait
Fiction
- In the alien language from the fictional movie Kin-dza-dza!, replaces majority of conventional words (the exact meaning is always guessed from context).
- Ku (fictional language), a constructed language created for the 2005 film The Interpreter
Slangs
- Ku or Kuu, Japanese Pop-star Kumi Koda's nickname given by her fans
- A shortened version of cool (used in instant messaging)
Other
- Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacy group(s)
- The ancient Chinese Emperor Ku of Three August Ones and Five Emperors
- Wards of Japan (区 ku), a type of city subdivision
- Kuwait Airways (IATA code)
- Kentucky Utilities, an American electric utility company based in Lexington, Kentucky
- Kū or Kū-ka-ili-moku, the Hawaiian god of war
- Kurdish language in the ISO 639 (alpha-2) code for language names
- Ku (kana), romanization of the Japanese kana く and ク
- Konstitutionsutskottet, the Committee on the Constitution (Parliament of Sweden)
- Kommunistisk Ungdom (Communist Youth), the former name of the Young Left (Sweden).
- Young Conservatives (Denmark) (Konservativ Ungdom), the Young Conservatives (Denmark)
- Ku, the original name of the Privilege Ibiza nightclub
- Khonds, an aboriginal tribe of India
- Kose-Uuemõisa, Estonia
- Kū, another form for the Japanese Kyū, the number nine, and a term in martial arts
See also
- Coup (disambiguation), pronounced /ku:/
- COO (disambiguation)
- Kakatiya University(Andhra Pradesh, India)