Ku

Ku, KU, or Kū 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)
• 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
• Esther Ku, a Korean-American comedian.

See also

• Coup (disambiguation), pronounced /ku:/
• COO (disambiguation)
• Kakatiya University(Andhra Pradesh, India)