U Nu

American  

[oo noo] / ˈu ˈnu /

noun

1. Nu, U.

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Example Sentences

In the 1950s, Burma’s first elected government under Prime Minister U Nu announced that anyone who lived within Burma’s borders before the British colonizers arrived would be granted citizenship.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2019

One of the cabinets of U Nu, the country’s first post-independence leader, included a health minister who identified himself as Arakanese Muslim.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2017

But U Nu was a lackluster administrator, and by 1958 Burma's rice-rich economy was on the brink of ruin and domestic Communists were gaining strength.

From Time Magazine Archive

During Burma's first decade of independence, the nation's undisputed leader was affable, ascetic Premier U Nu, a sometime Buddhist monk who sought through his politics "to merit admission to the higher abode of nirvana."

From Time Magazine Archive

U Nu won an easy victory and proved even more ineffectual than before.

From Time Magazine Archive