Wu

Etymology 1
Romanization of the pronunciation of  (Wú). .

Proper noun

 * 1)  Suzhou, a city in southern Jiangsu province in China, whence:
 * 2)  A county of imperial and Republican China around Suzhou.
 * 3)  A commandery of imperial China around Suzhou.
 * 4) A historic and cultural region of China around the mouth of the Yangtze River, whence:
 * 5) The family of Chinese languages spoken in that region, including Shanghainese and Suzhounese, the second-most spoken family after Mandarin.
 * 6)  The kingdom ruled by the Ji family from Wuxi and then Suzhou during the Spring and Autumn period of China's Zhou dynasty.
 * 7)  The kingdom ruled by the Sun family from Ezhou and Nanjing during the Three Kingdoms interregnum following China's Han dynasty.
 * 8)  The kingdom ruled by Li Zitong from Yangzhou and Hangzhou during the interregnum following China's Sui dynasty.
 * 9)  The kingdom ruled by the Yang family from Yangzhou during the Ten Kingdoms interregnum following China's Tang dynasty.
 * 10)  The kingdom ruled by the Qian family from Hangzhou and Shaoxing during the Ten Kingdoms interregnum following China's Tang dynasty.
 * 1)  The kingdom ruled by Li Zitong from Yangzhou and Hangzhou during the interregnum following China's Sui dynasty.
 * 2)  The kingdom ruled by the Yang family from Yangzhou during the Ten Kingdoms interregnum following China's Tang dynasty.
 * 3)  The kingdom ruled by the Qian family from Hangzhou and Shaoxing during the Ten Kingdoms interregnum following China's Tang dynasty.

Translations

 * Arabic: وُو
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 吳方言
 * Wu: 吳語, 吳方言, 江浙話
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 우어(吳語)
 * Russian:
 * Thai: ภาษาจีนอู๋
 * Vietnamese: tiếng Ngô


 * Arabic: وُو
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Wu: 吳, 伍
 * Finnish:
 * Japanese:, ウー
 * Korean: ,
 * Russian:
 * Vietnamese: Ngô (吳), Wu

Etymology 2
Romanization of the pronunciation of.

Usage notes
Although the Chinese usage of Wu as a posthumous name is adjectival and should properly be translated—as, e.g., "the Martial Emperor of the Han dynasty"—or treated as an epithet in a similar manner to emperors called after their era names—as, e.g., "the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming dynasty"—it is much more common to encounter them in English sources treated as proper names—as, e.g., "Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty"—despite the Chinese meaning nothing of the sort.

Synonyms

 * (surname)
 * (surname)
 * ,, etc. (royal epithet)

Etymology 3
Romanization of the pronunciation of.

Proper noun

 * , a tributary of the Yangtze.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 烏江


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:

Etymology 4
Romanization of the pronunciation of.

Proper noun

 * , a tributary of the Yuan.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 巫水


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:

Etymology 5
Romanization of the pronunciation of.

Proper noun

 * , a tributary of the Yuan.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 㵲水

Etymology 6
The romanization of the pronunciation of various other  surnames:, ,.

Etymology 7
From. .

Alternative forms

 * Aw
 * Auw
 * Hu
 * Hoo
 * Hoo

Etymology
From.

Etymology
and. .