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Translingual
Etymology 1
Symbol
SU
- (algebra) special unitary group
Coordinate terms
Etymology 2
Symbol
SU
- (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Soviet Union from 1974 to 1992.
- Synonym: SUN (alpha-3)
- (international standards) Exceptionally reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Soviet Union.
- Synonym: SUN (alpha-3)
Usage notes
This is an exceptionally reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the Foundation for Internet Development, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO. It has otherwise been deprecated.
English
Proper noun
SU
- Initialism of Soviet Union.
- Any of several universities:
- Initialism of Sabancı University.
- Initialism of Salisbury University.
- Initialism of Seattle University.
- Abbreviation of Seton Hall University.
- Initialism of Shippensburg University.
- Initialism of Silliman University.
- Initialism of Silpakorn University.
- Initialism of Sofia University.
- Initialism of South University.
- Initialism of Stanford University.
- Initialism of Stellenbosch University.
- Initialism of Stockholm University.
- Initialism of Syracuse University.
- Abbreviation of North Sumatra, a province of Indonesia.
Noun
SU (plural SUs)
- Initialism of students' union.
- (algebra) Abbreviation of special unitary group.
- Initialism of state university.
- Initialism of statistical unit.
Anagrams
Esperanto
Noun
SU
- Abbreviation of suduesto (“southwest”).
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Noun
SU (plural SU-SU, first-person possessive SUku, second-person possessive SUmu, third-person possessive SUnya)
- (education) Initialism of sarjana utama (“master's degree”).
- (management) Initialism of sidang umum.
Adjective
SU
- Initialism of semua umur (“all ages”).
Further reading
Norwegian
Proper noun
SU
- Initialism of Sosialistisk Ungdom (“Socialist Youth Party”).