U Nu

[oo noo]

noun

1. Nu, U.

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.

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

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And there’s no particular pattern to the number of syllable elements, except that very short names like U Nu are becoming a bit less common.

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In 1960, U Nu wins a general election but riles the military again by promoting Buddhism as the state religion and tolerating separatism.

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The two men became friends, and Ben-Gurion returned the visit, staying an extra week at U Nu's suggestion, to learn meditation.

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