Nü-kua

[ ny-kwah ]

/ ˈnüˈkwɑ /

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noun

a Chinese goddess who repaired and restored order to heaven and earth when they were damaged, and who created the human race.

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Words nearby Nü-kua

NUJ, Nu Jiang, nuke, nukes, nukespeak, Nü-kua, Nukualofa, Nukus, NUL, null, nullah

How to use Nü-kua in a sentence

Nu Nu Yin, 30, left her accounting job in August to open Fantastic Inle Travel & Tours with her lover.
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Russ Chimes is determined to make fans bust out their best moves with his nu disco, indie-dance track, “Turn Me Out.”
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But nu, this is his job, and he is not here to tell us anything, only to seem to have said something.
Oren Makes Friends, Not News|Jacob Silverman|October 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The rap/nu metal entrepreneur Kid Rock reinvented himself as a country star.
Gwyneth Paltrow and the Rise of the Country Carpetbagger|Bryan Curtis|January 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Nu was the spirit of the primordial deep, and Nut of the waters above the heavens, the mother of moon and sun and the stars.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie
These are a kind ov noshuns that reside in Nu England, but travel awl over the world.
Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings|Henry Wheeler Shaw
Humin natur is the same all over the world, cept in Nu England, and thar its akordin tu sarcumstances.
Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings|Henry Wheeler Shaw
"Solaman was a wize man," but when he ced thar warnt enny thing nu under the sun, he hadn't herd ov Hudsin River time tables.
Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings|Henry Wheeler Shaw
False dignity is the effeck ov nu clothes, no branes and mutch vittles.
Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings|Henry Wheeler Shaw