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Nun

 or Nu

Oldest of the Egyptian gods and father of Re, the sun god. Nun represented the dark, turbulent waters out of which the cosmos was churned. Since it was believed that the primeval ocean continued to surround the ordered cosmos, the creation myth was reenacted each day as the sun rose from the waters. Nun was also thought to exist as subsoil water and as the source of the annual flooding of the Nile.

Nu
U , original name Thakin Nu. 1907--95, Burmese statesman and writer; prime minister (1948--56, 1957--58, 1960--62). He attempted to establish parliamentary democracy, but was ousted (1962) by Ne Win
(networking)nu - The country code for Niue.
Nunavut Parks
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