# Ku

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**Ku**, **KU**, or **Kū** may refer to:

## Arts and entertainment

- [Ku (fictional language)](/source/Ku_(fictional_language)), a constructed language created for the 2005 film The Interpreter
- [Esther Ku](/source/Esther_Ku), a Korean-American comedian
- [Shawn Ku](/source/Shawn_Ku), U.S. choreographer and motion picture director
- [Kumi Koda](/source/Kumi_Koda), Japanese pop star nicknamed Ku or Kuu
- In an alien language in the movie *[Kin-dza-dza!](/source/Kin-dza-dza!)*, "ku" replaces most conventional words, with its meaning guessed from context
- In the [Discworld](/source/Discworld), *Ku* or *The Lost Continent of Ku* is a satirical parody of [Atlantis](/source/Atlantis)

## Businesses and organizations

### Political

- *Kommunistisk Ungdom* (Communist Youth), the former name of the [Young Left (Sweden)](/source/Young_Left_(Sweden))
- [Young Conservatives (Denmark)](/source/Young_Conservatives_(Denmark)) (*Konservativ Ungdom*), the Young Conservatives (Denmark)
- *Konstitutionsutskottet*, the [Committee on the Constitution (Parliament of Sweden)](/source/Committee_on_the_Constitution_(Parliament_of_Sweden))
- [Ku Klux Klan](/source/Ku_Klux_Klan), a white supremacy group in the US

### Universities

#### Africa

- [Kampala University](/source/Kampala_University) in Kampala, Uganda
- [Kismayo University](/source/Kismayo_University) in Kismayo, Somalia

#### Japan

- [Kyoto University](/source/Kyoto_University), a national research university
- [Kyushu University](/source/Kyushu_University), a national research university
- [Kobe University](/source/Kobe_University), a national university
- [Kanagawa University](/source/Kanagawa_University), a national university
- [Kagoshima University](/source/Kagoshima_University), a national university
- [Kagawa University](/source/Kagawa_University), a national university
- [Kumamoto University](/source/Kumamoto_University), a national university
- [Kochi University](/source/Kochi_University), a national university
- [Korea University (Japan)](/source/Korea_University_(Japan)), a private university

#### Asia

- [Kabul University](/source/Kabul_University) in Kabul, Afghanistan
- [Kakatiya University](/source/Kakatiya_University) in India
- [Kandahar University](/source/Kandahar_University) in Kandahar, Afghanistan
- [Karunya University](/source/Karunya_University) in Tamil Nadu, India
- [Kathmandu University](/source/Kathmandu_University) in Dhulikhel, Nepal
- [Khulna University](/source/Khulna_University) in Khulna, Bangladesh
- [Kuvempu University](/source/Kuvempu_University) in Karnataka, India
- [Konkuk University](/source/Konkuk_University) in South Korea
- [Korea University](/source/Korea_University) in South Korea
- [Karachi University](/source/Karachi_University) in Pakistan
- [Kasetsart University](/source/Kasetsart_University) in Thailand
- [Kuwait University](/source/Kuwait_University) in Kuwait
- [Kashmir University](/source/Kashmir_University) in Kashmir, India.

#### Europe

- [Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt](/source/Catholic_University_of_Eichst%C3%A4tt-Ingolstadt) (*Katholische Universität*) in Eichstätt and Ingolstadt, Germany
- [Catholic University in Ružomberok](/source/Catholic_University_in_Ru%C5%BEomberok) (*Katolícka univerzita*) in Ružomberok, Slovakia
- [Klaipėda University](/source/Klaip%C4%97da_University) in Klaipėda, Lithuania
- [KU Leuven](/source/KU_Leuven) in Belgium
- [University of Copenhagen](/source/University_of_Copenhagen) (*Københavns Universitet*) in Copenhagen, Denmark

#### United States

- [Kean University](/source/Kean_University) in Union Township, New Jersey
- [Keiser University](/source/Keiser_University), main campus and headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- [Kettering University](/source/Kettering_University) in Flint, Michigan
- [Kutztown University of Pennsylvania](/source/Kutztown_University_of_Pennsylvania) in Kutztown, Pennsylvania
- [University of Kansas](/source/University_of_Kansas) in Lawrence, Kansas or its athletic program, the [Kansas Jayhawks](/source/Kansas_Jayhawks)

### Other businesses and organizations

- [Kentucky Utilities](/source/Kentucky_Utilities), an American electric utility company based in Lexington, Kentucky
- [Kuwait Airways](/source/Kuwait_Airways) (IATA code)

## Language

- [Ku (kana)](/source/Ku_(kana)), romanization of the Japanese kana く and ク
- [Kurdish language](/source/Kurdish_language) (ISO 639 (alpha-2) code KU)
- [Ku (fictional language)](/source/Ku_(fictional_language)), fictional language in the 2005 film *The Interpreter*

## People

- [Emperor Ku](/source/Emperor_Ku) of ancient China, of *Three August Ones and Five Emperors*
- [Georgia Ku](/source/Georgia_Ku), English singer and songwriter
- [Khonds](/source/Khonds), an aboriginal tribe of India

## Science

- [K-U ratio](/source/K-U_ratio), the ratio between potassium and uranium
- [Ku band](/source/Ku_band), a band of microwave radio frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum
- [Ku (protein)](/source/Ku_(protein)), a protein involved in DNA repair
- Ku, the proposed chemical symbol for kurchatovium (later named [rutherfordium](/source/Rutherfordium))
- KU, Krebs units, a measure of [viscosity](/source/Viscosity) of paint

## Other uses

- [Wards of Japan](/source/Wards_of_Japan) (区, *ku*), a type of city subdivision
- [Kū](/source/K%C5%AB) or Kū-ka-ili-moku, the Hawaiian god of politics, agriculture, war and fishing
- *Ku*, the original name of the *[Privilege Ibiza](/source/Privilege_Ibiza)* nightclub
- [Kose-Uuemõisa](/source/Kose-Uuem%C3%B5isa), Estonia, a village
- [Mount Ku](/source/Mount_Ku), Kazakhstan
- [Kindle Unlimited](/source/Kindle_Unlimited), e-book service from Amazon
- Kū, another form for the Japanese [kyū](/source/Ky%C5%AB), the number nine, and a term in martial arts
- North Kalimantan ([vehicle registration](/source/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Indonesia) prefix KU)

## See also

- [Coup (disambiguation)](/source/Coup_(disambiguation)), pronounced /ku:/
- [COO (disambiguation)](/source/COO_(disambiguation))

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