Anu
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "anu"
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Anu
- (Sumerian, Assyrian and Babylonian mythology) A sky-god, the god of heaven, lord of constellations, king of gods, spirits and demons, who dwelt in the highest heavenly region.
- A diminutive of the female given names Anushka, Anusha, Ansuya, or Anisha.
Translations[edit]
Sumerian, Assyrian and Babylonian god of heaven
Further reading[edit]
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Estonian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Anu
- a female given name, variant of Anna
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Originally a Karelian pet form of Anna.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Anu
- a female given name
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Anu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Anu | Anut | ||
genitive | Anun | Anujen | ||
partitive | Anua | Anuja | ||
illative | Anuun | Anuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Anu | Anut | ||
accusative | nom. | Anu | Anut | |
gen. | Anun | |||
genitive | Anun | Anujen | ||
partitive | Anua | Anuja | ||
inessive | Anussa | Anuissa | ||
elative | Anusta | Anuista | ||
illative | Anuun | Anuihin | ||
adessive | Anulla | Anuilla | ||
ablative | Anulta | Anuilta | ||
allative | Anulle | Anuille | ||
essive | Anuna | Anuina | ||
translative | Anuksi | Anuiksi | ||
abessive | Anutta | Anuitta | ||
instructive | — | Anuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics[edit]
- Anu is the 50th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 12,507 female individuals (and as a middle name to 864 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Anu m
- (Sumerian, Assyrian and Babylonian mythology) Anu (god of heaven)
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑnu
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