English Explanatory Dictionary

ju

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone admitted to university through the JUPAS system.
name
  1. A surname from Chinese.
  2. A former prefecture of imperial China centered on Juzhou in what is now Guizhou Province.
  3. A county of Rizhao, Shandong, China.
name
  1. Clipping of JUPAS.

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒuː/

Word forms

ju

Etymology

From various romanizations of various Chinese characters. As a prefecture, from Chinese 矩州 (Jǔzhōu, “Carpenter's-Square Prefecture”).

Synonyms

Juzhou

Related words

ju-jitsu ju-ju

Derived words

non-ju Ju kiln Ju ware
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