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Wu may refer to:
Places
Wu (region) (吳 ; Wú ), a region roughly corresponding to the territory of Wuyue
Wu Chinese (吴语 ; 吳語 ), a subgroup of Chinese languages now spoken in the Wu region
Wuyue culture (吳越文化 ), a regional Chinese culture in the Wu region
Wu (state) (Chinese: 吳 ; pinyin: Wú ; Old Chinese: *ŋʷˤa ), a kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period 771–476 BCE
Suzhou or Wu (苏州 ; 蘇州 ; Sūzhōu ), its eponymous capital
Wu County (吴县 ; 吳縣 ; Wúxiàn ), a former county in Suzhou
Eastern Wu (东吴 ; 東吳 ; Dōng Wú ) or Sun Wu (孙吴 ; 孫吳 ; Sūn Wú ), one of the Three Kingdoms in 184/220–280 CE
Li Zitong (吳帝 , died 622), who declared a brief Wu Dynasty during the Sui–Tang interregnum in 619–620 CE
Wu (Ten Kingdoms) (杨吴 ; 楊吳 ; Yáng Wú ), one of the ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period 907–960 CE
Wuyue (吴越 ; 吳越 ; Wúyuè ), another of the ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period 907–960 CE
Wu River (disambiguation) , various rivers in China
Language
Wu Chinese , a group of Sinitic languages that includes Shanghaiese
People
Wu (surname) (or Woo) (吳), several different Chinese surnames
Chinese rulers
Wu, nickname of the singer of alternative rock band
This Et Al
Religion
Wu (awareness) , a concept of awareness, consciousness or enlightenment in the Chinese folk religion
Wú (negative) , Zhaozhou's response to the question: "Does a dog have the Buddha-nature?"
Wu (shaman) , shaman in Chinese folk religion
Arts and entertainment
Characters
Mr. Wu, a character referred to in several songs of the 1930s and 1940s by
George Formby
Mr. Wu, a character from the HBO TV series
Deadwood
Sensei Wu , a character in Ninjago
Sgt. Wu, a character from the TV series
Grimm
Marcy Wu , a character from the TV series Amphibia
Madame Wu, a character in the Simpsons episode "
Goo Goo Gai Pan "
See also
Topics referred to by the same term