Ku

Ku, KU, or Kū may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Ku (fictional language), a constructed language created for the 2005 film The Interpreter
• Esther Ku, a Korean-American comedian
• Shawn Ku, U.S. choreographer and motion picture director
• Kumi Koda, Japanese pop star nicknamed Ku or Kuu
• In an alien language in the movie Kin-dza-dza!, "ku" replaces most conventional words, with its meaning guessed from context
• In the Discworld, Ku or The Lost Continent of Ku is a satirical parody of Atlantis

Businesses and organizations

Political

• Kommunistisk Ungdom (Communist Youth), the former name of the Young Left (Sweden)
• Young Conservatives (Denmark) (Konservativ Ungdom), the Young Conservatives (Denmark)
• Konstitutionsutskottet, the Committee on the Constitution (Parliament of Sweden)
• Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacy group in the US

Universities

Africa

• Kampala University in Kampala, Uganda
• Kismayo University in Kismayo, Somalia

Japan

• Kyoto University, a national research university
• Kyushu University, a national research university
• Kobe University, a national university
• Kanagawa University, a national university
• Kagoshima University, a national university
• Kagawa University, a national university
• Kumamoto University, a national university
• Kochi University, a national university
• Korea University (Japan), a private university

Asia

• Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan
• Kakatiya University in India
• 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
• Karachi University in Pakistan
• Kasetsart University in Thailand
• Kuwait University in Kuwait
• Kashmir University in Kashmir, India.

Europe

• Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Katholische Universität) in Eichstätt and Ingolstadt, Germany
• Catholic University in Ružomberok (Katolícka univerzita) in Ružomberok, Slovakia
• Klaipėda University in Klaipėda, Lithuania
• KU Leuven in Belgium
• University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet) in Copenhagen, Denmark

United States

• Kean University in Union Township, New Jersey
• Keiser University, main campus and headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Kettering University in Flint, Michigan
• Kutztown University of Pennsylvania in Kutztown, Pennsylvania
• University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas or its athletic program, the Kansas Jayhawks

Other businesses and organizations

• Kentucky Utilities, an American electric utility company based in Lexington, Kentucky
• Kuwait Airways (IATA code)

Language

• Ku (kana), romanization of the Japanese kana く and ク
• Kurdish language (ISO 639 (alpha-2) code KU)
• Ku (fictional language), fictional language in the 2005 film The Interpreter

People

• Emperor Ku of ancient China, of Three August Ones and Five Emperors
• Georgia Ku, English singer and songwriter
• Khonds, an aboriginal tribe of India

Science

• K-U ratio, the ratio between potassium and uranium
• 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)
• KU, Krebs units, a measure of viscosity of paint

Other uses

• , a type of city subdivision
• Kū or Kū-ka-ili-moku, the Hawaiian god of politics, agriculture, war and fishing
• Ku, the original name of the Privilege Ibiza nightclub
• Kose-Uuemõisa, Estonia, a village
• Mount Ku, Kazakhstan
• Kindle Unlimited, e-book service from Amazon
• Kū, another form for the Japanese kyū, the number nine, and a term in martial arts

See also

• Coup (disambiguation), pronounced /ku:/
• COO (disambiguation)

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