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A common surname from Chinese of east Asian derivation.
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A common surname from Chinese of east Asian derivation.
At the center of it all was Hu Shuo-Chieh, a decorated Taiwanese superstar who soon followed up his standout moment (his team would fall short in the finals) with an even more surprising move. In November, Mr. Hu, known in gaming as SwordArt, announced that he was leaving his base in China, […]
Etymology
From Chinese 胡 (hú). Doublet of Wu. For less common variants, see Hu.
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historicalAny of several peoples of China, for example the Tatars of northwestern China, whom the Chinese considered barbarians.
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The god of the creation word in Egyptian mythology.
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A town in Egypt, located on the Nile, which in more ancient times was the capital of the seventh nome of Upper Egypt.
[...] portion of a dagger-blade(?) of flint, finely-worked and delicately serrated, prehistoric, Hu, Egypt; pottery table of offerings to the dead, Diospolis Parva. The following of the prehistoric period, Egypt: small curved flint knife, worked along one[…]
The Cemeteries of Abadiyeh and Hu, Egypt Exploration Fund
Etymology
From Arabic هُو (hū), from the town's ancient name, Egyptian ḥwt-sḫm.
Hu · A common surname from Chinese of east Asian derivation.
HU · A name for God in the Eckankar new religious movement.Hua · A surname.Huang · A surname from Mandarin.