U Nu
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
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.
From New York Times
The two men became friends, and Ben-Gurion returned the visit, staying an extra week at U Nu's suggestion, to learn meditation.
From BBC
Then, in 1955, Burma's Prime Minister U Nu became the first foreign dignitary to visit his Israeli counterpart David Ben-Gurion.
From BBC
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