Ku

Ku, KU, Kū or ku may refer to:

Science:

• K_u 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)

Universities:

• In the United States:
  • Kean University in Union Township, New Jersey
  • University of Kansas
  • Kettering University, in Flint, Michigan
  • Kutztown University, in Pennsylvania
• In Africa, Asia and Europe
  • Khulna University (Khulna,Bangladesh)
  • Karunya University (Tamil Nadu,India)
  • Kampala University (Uganda)
  • Kandahar University(Afghanistan)
  • Kathmandu University (Dhulikhel, Nepal)
  • Kuvempu University (Karnataka, India)
  • Kismayo University (Somalia)
  • Klaipėda University (Lithuania)
  • Korea University (South Korea)
  • Korea University (Japan)
  • University of Karachi (Pakistan)
  • Kasetsart University (Thailand)
  • The University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet) (Denmark)
  • Kanagawa University (Japan)
  • Kuwait University (Kuwait)

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
• Ku-a-manuia, 15th century sovereign king of Oahu
• Kurdish language in the ISO 639 (alpha-2) code for language names
• Ku (language), a constructed language created for the 2005 film The Interpreter
• 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
• Slangs:
  • Ku or Kuu, Japanese Pop-star Kumi Koda's nickname given by her fans
  • A shortened version of cool (used in instant messaging)
• 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)