BU

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bu"

Translingual

Symbol

BU

1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Burma from 1974 to 1989.

   Synonyms: BUR (alpha-3 1974–1989), MM (1989–present, as Myanmar)

Usage notes

The code was deprecated in favour of MM on the renaming of the country to Myanmar.

English

Proper noun

BU

1. Initialism of Baylor University.
2. Initialism of Boston University.
3. Initialism of Bournemouth University.

Adjective

BU (not comparable)

1. (nautical) Initialism of broken up: referring to the scrapping of a decommissioned ship.
2. (numismatic slang) Initialism of brilliant uncirculated.

Anagrams

• UB