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Translingual
Symbol
BU
- (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Burma from 1974 to 1989.
- Synonyms: BUR (alpha-3 1974–1989), MM (1989–present, as Myanmar)
Usage notes
The code was deprecated in favour of MM on the renaming of the country to Myanmar.
English
Proper noun
BU
- Initialism of Baylor University.
- Initialism of Boston University.
- Initialism of Bournemouth University.
Adjective
BU (not comparable)
- (nautical) Initialism of broken up: referring to the scrapping of a decommissioned ship.
- (numismatic slang) Initialism of brilliant uncirculated.
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Indonesian
Pronunciation
Noun
BU (first-person possessive BUku, second-person possessive BUmu, third-person possessive BUnya)
- (medicine, surgery) Initialism of bising usus (“peristalsis”).