Etymology of CU

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adj

Abbreviation of cubic, in a variety of English customary units (examples: cubic inch, cubic foot).

phrase

Initialism of commercially used (used in stamp descriptions). · Phonetic abbreviation of see you.

noun

Initialism of control unit. · Initialism of corporate university. · Initialism of credit union. · Initialism of close-up.

name

Initialism of Christian Union (bodies of Christian students in schools, colleges, and universities). · Initialism of Chittagong University (Bangladesh). · Initialism of Chulalongkorn University (Thailand). · Initialism of University of Colorado (United States of America).

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