BU

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bu"

Translingual

Symbol

BU

1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Burma from 1974 to 1989.

   Synonyms: BUR (alpha-3 1974–1989), MM (1989–present, as Myanmar)

Usage notes

The code was deprecated in favour of MM on the renaming of the country to Myanmar.

English

Proper noun

BU

1. Initialism of Baylor University.
2. Initialism of Boston University.
3. Initialism of Bournemouth University.

Adjective

BU (not comparable)

1. (nautical) Initialism of broken up: referring to the scrapping of a decommissioned ship.
2. (numismatic slang) Initialism of brilliant uncirculated.

Anagrams

• UB

German

Noun

BU f (genitive BU, plural BUen)

1. (insurance) Abbreviation of Berufsunfähigkeit; Berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung
2. (marketing, journalism) Abbreviation of Bildunterschrift.

Declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	BU	die	BUen
genitive	einer	der	BU	der	BUen
dative	einer	der	BU	den	BUen
accusative	eine	die	BU	die	BUen

Declension of BU [feminine]

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.u/

Noun

BU (plural BU-BU)

1. (medicine, surgery) Initialism of bising usus (“peristalsis”).