Yu

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

Proper noun

Yu

Abbreviation of Yukon. (Yukon Territory)

Alternative forms

(Yukon): Yu. / YU

Synonyms

(Yukon): Yukon / Yukon Territory / The Yukon, Y.T. / Y. T. / YT, Yk / YK / Yk.

Etymology 2

Transliteration

(Chinese): From Mandarin (for: ㄩˊ, ㄩˇ, ㄩˋ, ㄧㄡˊ) through Wade-Giles romanization (of: 余, 于, 由, 魚 / 鱼, 漁, 渔, 楀, 俞, 喻, 兪, 於, 遇, 虞, 郁, 尉, 禹, 游, 尤, 庾, 娛, 娱, 茹)
(Korean): From Korean 유 (yu) or 류 (ryu) (柳, 劉, 兪, 庾)
(Japanese): From Japanese ゆう or ユウ (優, 夕, 友, 有, 勇, 祐, 裕, 雄, 悠, 由宇, 侑)

Proper noun

Yu (plural Yus)

Synonym of You; A surname. of Chinese origin.
Synonym of Yoo; A surname. of Korean origin.
Synonym of Yuu; A unisex given name of Japanese origin.

Synonyms

(Chinese): You
(Korean): Yoo, Ryu
(Japanese): Yuu, Yū

See also

(Chinese): Yu (Chinese surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
(Korean): Yoo (Korean surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
(Japanese): Yū on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Cebuano

Proper noun

Yu

a surname

Tagalog

Etymology

From Hokkien 游 (Iû),

Proper noun

Yu

A Filipino-Chinese surname, the 26th most common in the Philippines.

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