English Explanatory Dictionary

SHU

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Initialism of Scoville heat unit.
  2. Acronym of security housing unit.
  3. Acronym of segregated housing unit.
  4. Acronym of special housing unit.
  5. Acronym of special handling unit.
name
  1. A god personifying the air and atmosphere.
name
  1. A surname.
name
  1. A partially sinicized civilization in ancient Sichuan, China.
  2. A Chinese kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms period.
  3. A Chinese kingdom in Sichuan during the Ten Kingdoms period.
  4. A later Chinese kingdom in Sichuan during the Ten Kingdoms period.
name
  1. A river in Shandong, China.
name
  1. Synonym of Chu, a river in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

Pronunciation

/ʃuː/ /ˈɛs ˈ(h)eɪtʃ ˈjuː/ sho͞o

Word forms

SHU SHU's SHUs Shuh

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian šw (“Shu”, literally “Emptiness”), a derivative of the verb šwj (“to be empty, devoid of”).

Synonyms

administrative segregation ad-seg block box cooler hotbox hole lockdown pound SCU solitary confinement Ji Han Lesser Han Shu Han Han Former Shu Qianshu Great Shu Dashu Wang Shu Later Shu Houshu Meng Shu Chu
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